Did the Pill Change What Women Find Attractive?

Oct 07, 2009 - It ushered in the 1960s sexual revolution and gave women control over their own fertility. But the Pill may also have changed women's taste in men, according to a study. Scientists say the hormones in the oral contraceptive suppress a woman's interest in masculine men and make boyish men more attractive. - 30 Comments

Look where Obama is being called President Pantywaist.

Sep 26, 2009 - Gerald Warner Gerald Warner is an author, broadcaster, columnist and polemical commentator who writes about politics, religion, history, culture and society in general. Barack Obama: President Pantywaist restores the satellite states to their former owner Barack Obama’s chances of re-election in three and a half years’ time may be evaporating at unprecedented speed, but his presidential ambitions could still be realised in another direction. He would be a shoo-in to win the next Russian presidential election, so high is his popularity now running in the land of the bear and the knout. - 4 Comments

Max Blumenthal on Fresh Air

Sep 14, 2009 - I know this is long and a little weird because its in interview format, but I thought this was great when I heard it the other day. This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. - 4 Comments

Palin Supports Beck as He Tries to Shift Focus

Aug 26, 2009 - Palin supports Fox's Beck over Obama's a racist comment Erika Bolstad | McClatchy Newspapers last updated: August 26, 2009 04:44:26 PM WASHINGTON — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is jumping into the fray over FOX News talk show host Glenn Beck, whose assertion last month that President Barack Obama is "a racist" led to a boycott of the companies advertising on his show, and ultimately, led some to drop their sponsorship of his show. Palin on Wednesday had this to say on Facebook, the social networking Web site that, since she stepped down as governor, has been the former Republican vice presidential candidate's main platform for communicating: "FOX News' Glenn Beck is doing an extraordinary job this week walking America behind the scenes of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and outlining who is actually running the White House. - 12 Comments

DEATH for Converting

Aug 12, 2009 - PUBLIC POST http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/orl-bk-ohio-teen-convert-custody-dispute-081009%2C0%2C4993216.story She looked more like a timid child clinging to her protector than an Ohio teen runaway brazen enough to flee her Muslim family out of fear for her life. The girl, who turned 17 on Monday, is at the center of a custody dispute in Orlando, where she sought help from a family she barely knew -- a pastor and his wife willing to take in a teen who feared her own family's retribution because she converted to Christianity. The Orlando Sentinel is not identifying the teen because of her age. - 8 Comments

Indian Court Overturns Gay Sex Ban

Jul 02, 2009 - NEW DELHI —In a landmark ruling Thursday that could usher in an era of greater freedom for gay men and lesbians in India, New Delhi’s highest court decriminalized homosexuality. “The inclusiveness that Indian society traditionally displayed, literally in every aspect of life, is manifest in recognizing a role in society for everyone,” judges of the Delhi High Court wrote in a 105-page decision, India’s first to directly address rights for gay men and lesbians. “Those perceived by the majority as ‘deviants’ or ‘different’ are not on that score excluded or ostracized,” the decision said. - 10 Comments

Abortion doctor shot at church

May 31, 2009 - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tag/kansas-abortion-doctor-shot WICHITA, Kansas -- Dr. George Tiller, a Kansas doctor whose clinic received national attention for performing late-term abortions, was shot to death as he entered his Wichita church on Sunday. "Members of the congregation who were inside the sanctuary at the time of the shooting were being kept inside the church by police," the Wichita Eagle reported, "and those arriving were being ushered into the parking lot." - 69 Comments

A case for the stimulus package (Posted for reasoned debate not ad hominem attacks)

Feb 05, 2009 - I AM POSTING THIS TO STIR REASONED DEBATE, LIGHT NOT HEAT.----- PERSONAL OR SNIDE COMMENTS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. ==== IF YOU DO, I WILL ASK YOU TO STOP POSTING, IF YOU DON’T I WILL EITHER MAKE IT PRIVATE OR TAKE IT DOWN ALL TOGETHER. -------------DISAGREE, BUT DO NOT DISRESPECT. - 32 Comments

To Help Palestine, Be Pro-Israel Too

Jan 06, 2009 - January 6, 2009 by CommonDreams.org by Ira Chernus Three viewpoints on the Gaza war fill the U.S. mass media: pro-Israel, anti-Israel, and neutral or even-handed. All three are harmful to the suffering people of Gaza. - 1 Comment

Battered Liberal Syndrome

Jan 19, 2009 - News & Opinion - Robert M. Shrum has been a senior adviser to the Gore 2000 presidential campaign Tuesday, January 20, 2009 Battered Liberal Syndrome Perhaps there is something in the soul of Democrats, scarred by the stolen election of 2000 and a close loss in 2004, that anticipates setback. Call it Battered Liberal Syndrome. - 0 Comments