Breast cancer beyond the boobies

Oct 05, 2009 - Commentary By Erin Chapman | IDS | October 05, 2009 The newest ad out of a Toronto-based charity would make any marketing director salivate. It features scantily-clad women, an MTV DJ and a final frame that looks like something from a “Girls Gone Wild” video. What were they advertising? - 6 Comments

Questioning Terrorists — With Compassion

May 07, 2009 - PUBLIC POST ****************************** Questioning Terrorists — With Compassion By Larry Elder "I am absolutely convinced (banning waterboarding) was the right thing to do," said President Obama at a recent press conference, "not because there might not have been information that was yielded by these various detainees who were subjected to this treatment, but because we could have gotten this information in other ways (emphasis added), in ways that were consistent with our values, in ways that were consistent with who we are." Once upon a time, critics of the Bush administration's alleged used of "torture" often argue that it simply does not work. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, for example, once said, "Experts agree that you do not obtain reliable intelligence through using these tactics and you diminish our reputation in the world, which hurts the cooperation we need to collect the intelligence we need to protect the American people." - 22 Comments

An American Woman

Sep 11, 2008 - After the publicist set me straight, I ran down to the beach to find my mother. A left-leaning Quaker who is president of the League of Women Voters in her Texas town, my mother is the least likely person to celebrate the election of a Republican to national office. But as a young woman she had lived in Alaska, teaching English to natives and living on a houseboat. - 4 Comments