Colorful Language
[Geneva, September 14. Image via Getty]
Time For School: Afghan Girl Struggles To Get Education
Last night, PBS aired Wide Angle's Time For School 3, a documentary series that follows seven school children from around the world, like 16-year-old Shugufa, whose education may be cut short by Taliban attacks and household obligations.
The Baby, And The Bathwater
[Somalia, July 20. Image via Getty]
Michelle: Herbal Essences
[New York, May 5. Image via Getty]
Human Trafficking Up, More Women Becoming Traffickers
A new study by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime shows that human trafficking is increasing in the world. But, in a bid for full equality, women are trafficking other women more, too.
First Person: "We Are Now Unable To Distinguish Joy From Fear"
Journalist Safa Joudeh's Time magazine account of the bombing of her family's apartment building in Gaza sent chills down our spines.
Scarlett Johansson For Dolce? And Why?
- Word is, Mrs. Ryan Reynolds née maybe-alien Scarlett Johansson will be fronting Dolce and Gabbana's latest campaign. For what? Um, no one knows. [Style.com]
"A Strong Natural Tendency To Escalate": How Mild Spanking Can Lead To Child Abuse
Alan Kazdin at
Slate has one more reason : it may be (sort of) addictive. That is, just as the occasional cigarette can lead to a smoking habit, "there's a strong natural tendency to escalate the frequency and severity of punishment." In fact, more than a third of parents who use corporal punishment "end up crossing…
Sarah Palin Meets The Leader Of A Foreign Country
Alaskan Governor and VP hopeful Sarah Palin is welcomed this afternoon outside the Colombian Embassy on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, where she arrived to have a meeting with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe. — SplashNews
Women Will Rule The World… Eventually
On the heels of the news that a woman could be the
next Israeli Prime Minister, a by the United Nations Development Fund for Women claims that women have entered politics in greater numbers than ever in the past decade. The reports that women account for 18.4% of parliament members worldwide. The good news is that…
Once We've Warred With Iran, Russia And Spain, Who Will McCain-Palin Attack Next?
Attacks from the McCain-Palin campaign aren't just for Barack Obama, Joe Biden and the nation of Russia anymore! The Repubs have moved onto bashing Hillary Clinton and, um, Spain. Luckily,
Jason and I don't move on as well as the GOP, so we talk more about Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild and her many, many friends…
Raise Your Hand, John Edwards, If You're Sure That This Is The End
Olympics? What Olympics? For political watchers, the possible end of the political career of former Senator/Vice Presidential candidate John Edwards, most recently on Democrats' wish list as Attorney General in an Obama Administration, is the functional equivalent of the Olympics. So although one of us was on a little…
Bigger Than Burning Man.
Seventy five thousand people showed up to see Obama's biggest yet speech in Portland, Oregon yesterday. Firstly, that represents something like one-seventh the entire population of Portland and undoubtedly the biggest-ever congregation of fixed-gear bicycles. In fact, the crowd was bigger than pretty much any outdoor…
High Times
The United Nations has released a report blaming celebrities for sending the wrong message to young people when it comes to cocaine. Yeah. The UN. The report says authorities treat stars "leniently" and fail to make an example of them. In Europe, Britain is one of the countries with the highest level of cocaine use,…
George Clooney For President!
- "Either give them the basic tools for protecting the population and themselves, or have the decency to just bring them all home. Because you can't do it halfway. Bring them home and shut off your TV and your radio and your phones and the Internet and go back into the offices and wait until it's all over." That's…
That Old Hag Angelina? Feh! U.N. Turns Its Attention To Britney, Kate, Lindsay, Et Al.
It's been a bad few days for Angelina Jolie. First there was the news that the birth mother of her newly-adopted son, Pax, is a drug addict and may come after her for money. Then there's today's US Weekly cover, which seems to be heralding a not-so-subtle shift in the media's years-long love affair with the actress,…
