Afghan President Hamid Karzai has officially decided to rescind the parts of Afghanistan's new law on its Shia minority that severely restricted the rights of Shia women and legalized marital rape. [CNN]

Hillary Clinton met Afghan President Hamid Karzai today and said, "the lives of women and girls, the country's education and health systems are far better today than they were in 2001." Oh really? [Washington Independent]

U.S.-backed Afghani President Hamid Karzai is poised to issue a law on women's rights that the UN Development Fund for Women has warned against and a female Parliamentarian calls "worse than during the Taliban."

On the day after Christmas, what better topic for Spencer Ackerman and I to discuss than the use of Viagra as a weapon of mass construction? Now, with a special appearance by Boyz II Men.