Another day, another roadtrip, as the Washington Independent's personal Attackerman, Spencer Ackerman, joins me live…
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- In an interview on Glamocracy (also known as "the other place I blog") with Glamour's Cindi Leive, Barack Obama said…
There was a time that I didn't like Rachel Maddow. That time was January, and she was on a panel on MSNBC's election…
The Washington Post's bajillion part series about the Chandra Levy case soldiers on, leaving me wondering how any…
A group of woman lawyers in Canada have formed what they call a "feminist law practice." To the founders, a feminist…
Doron Braunshtein has a kicky little boutique called Apollo Braun (also his non de plume) on the Lower East Side of…
Another day, another round of airports (only, this time, everyone's Stateside) as our semi-beloved Spencer Attackerma…
I'm chilling out at Frankfurt Airport, desperately trying not to eavesdrop on any of the completely uninteresting…
The Washington Post is currently running a bazillion-part series on the disappearance and murder of the…
As if there hasn't been quite enough said about the work-life choices women get to make, Nicola Brewer, the chair of…
Ben Stein is an "economist," "comedian" and former Nixon speech-writer married to Alexandra Denman. He's also an incredible sap, if his New York Times column on love and economics is anything to go by. Among the gag-reflex-inducing pieces of advice Ben has to offer in between his many, many overwrought economic… Read more
Today, yet again, another Bush Administration toady who isn't Karl Rove, Harriet Myers or Josh Bolton will head up…
Despite the terrible exchange rate and horrendously expensive air fares, I am currently in Europe celebrating the…
The Conseil d'Etat of France (the Gallic version of the Supreme Court) has ruled against the citizenship application…
It's not easy to travel to Europe and see much in the way of women's history that doesn't involve nuns, torture, queens or housework. The New York Times did manage to find something — in Belgium. As explained in yesterday's Travel section, both during and after the crusades, women banded together under the auspices of… Read more
At left, the cover of this week's New Yorker, which features writer Ryan Lizza's take on Barack Obama's early years…
The pre-paid cell phone advertisement seen at left greeted me this morning at the cell phone store in Saarlouis,…
Hopefully, you haven't forgotten about LaVena Johnson, whose death was declared a suicide but was most likely a case of murder. There's a new petition available for random internet people to get Congress to investigate. We're all for random internet petitions, truly, but if you actually want to see anything happen,… Read more
Hey, there, so, I'm a really terrible friend. Well, actually, I'm a good friend to some people, but I managed to…
There are many good things about being a woman. Some people less existentialist than I would probably argue that one…