June 11, 2010 – According to the cover story in the latest Newsweek, even if Sarah Palin never runs for office again, she can single-handedly change the face of politics by instructing her loyal army of "conservative feminist" mama bears how to vote. More »

May 26, 2010 – By now you've heard that Sarah Palin's making noise about a "new, conservative feminist movement," a tent big enough to include"Tea Party feminism", "pro-life feminism" and "real feminism" as embodied by the likes of Liz Cheney and Michelle Malkin. All this would hardly merit more than a quick More »

March 31, 2010 – If there's been a bright side for Sandra Bullock during this bizarrely long spell of public interest in her dickwad husband, it's that her own reputation has mostly been spared. More »

November 5, 2009 – You know what really burns Jim Windolf's ass? All this cuteness everywhere! Kittehs! Puppehs! Bun-buns! Cupcakes! Smart Cars! Obama! (Don't ask.) If we don't put an end to it, we're going to become a nation of stinky girls children! "Social misery and cuteness seem to be linked," writes Windolf for... More »

November 5, 2009 – Here is one possibility: I'm just too dumb to know what writer Joe Klein's real point is in this week's Time cover story about Hillary Clinton. Here is another possibility: More »

November 5, 2009 – House Democrats are pretty much ready to get started debating the monster healthcare reform bill, except for those conservatives who are trying to seize the opportunity to block more women's access to abortion. Says The New York Times: The House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, a supporter of abortion... More »

November 4, 2009 – Illinois's Medical Disciplinary Board has voted to start enforcing a law that requires doctors to give the parents or guardians of girls 17 or younger 48 hours' notice before providing them with abortions. For a primer on why parental notification laws suck, check out this article at RH Reality... More »

November 4, 2009 – Last night's HBO documentary By the People: The Election of Barack Obama, apparently didn't contain much new information about the campaign*, but it did offer more insight into the Obamas' marriage and the unbearable cuteness of the first daughters. The clip above is provided mostly for the... More »

November 4, 2009 – Those of us who are fans of Emma Thompson but not fans of child rape were disappointed to learn the actress signed Bernard-Henri Lévy's petition to free Roman Polanski. More »

November 4, 2009 – Last night, 53% of Maine voters won the right to dictate whom their fellow citizens can marry, voting to repeal a state law that would have allowed same-sex marriage. Gay marriage opponents in Maine used the same strategist who got the job done in California, and the same bullshit. More »

October 29, 2009 – Forks, WA, has seen such a tourism boom from the Twilight series it's now getting a vamp-themed restaurant. What's on the menu, Jezzies? Blood? Celery stalk(er)s?

October 29, 2009 – Colorado anti-choicers are redefining personhood yet again. Life no longer starts at fertilization, but at "the beginning of the biological development of a human being." If so, say goodbye to in-vitro fertilization, stem cell research, and bodily autonomy!

October 29, 2009 – Salon advice columnist Cary Tennis mostly gets blogosphere attention when his answers are WTF-laden, but today I'd like to praise him for getting it right, in response to a guy who's obsessed with his wife's rape. More »

October 29, 2009 – While riding a nearly-empty train in the evening, Marsha Coupe was attacked by another woman who kicked and punched her repeatedly, leaving her with 40 bruises and one eye swollen shut. More »

October 29, 2009 – The less you spend on a car, the more you can spend on other things — "things" named Michelle, Tammy and Allison. [Vintage Ads]

October 29, 2009 – A couple of weeks after the White House declared war on Fox News (with communications director Anita Dunn saying on CNN, "Let's not pretend they're a news network the way CNN is"), peace talks have begun.Fox News senior vice president Michael Clemente reportedly met with White House press secretary... More »

October 28, 2009 – Here's something refreshing: Learning about a politician's marriage before it's a complete trainwreck! For this week's New York Times magazine cover story, Jodi Kantor spoke to Barack and Michelle Obama about their relationship. "I married you because you're cute and you're smart," Michelle told... More »

October 28, 2009 – Not so surprising: Most teen parents are not living in poverty or in single-parent homes. Surprising: 15% of women surveyed reported being teen parents, but only 5% of men did.

October 28, 2009 – You know how Obama recently cut funding to abstinence-only education programs, and we all rejoiced? Yeah, well, don't get too comfortable. Today is National Comprehensive Sex Education Call-In Day, an effort to inform Congress that we won't stand for $50 million' worth of abstinence-only funding... More »

October 28, 2009 – Michelle Obama is the first First Lady ever to land the cover of Glamour and is being honored with the magazine's Special Recognition award for mentoring young women.