I want to argue with you about the Bible.

The Decline of the National League - WSJ.com

Seeded on Fri Jul 11, 2008 11:53 PM EDT (Wall Street Journal)

By just about every measure, the 16 teams in Major League Baseball's National League are inferior to the 14 in the American League. The AL has won 11 of the last 16 World Series, including three of the last four.

sports, baseball, american-league, national-league, desinated-hitter

Trio in College May Hold Key Votes for Democrats

Seeded on Thu Apr 17, 2008 5:10 PM EDT (Wall Street Journal)

WASHINGTON -- While most of the Democratic Party's superdelegates are members of Congress, governors or senior party officials, Awais Khaleel, Lauren Wolfe and Jason Rae are still in college.

election, clinton, democrats, politics, obama, democratic-party, democrat, superdelegates

Anti-Sexual Assault Organization Launches Online Counseling Service

Seeded on Thu Apr 17, 2008 3:33 PM EDT (MsMagazine.com)

Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network (RAINN), the largest anti-sexual assault organization in the US, launched an online counseling service yesterday.

health, rape, sexual-assault, incest, rainn, online-hotline

Lawmakers Ask Obey to End Ab-Only Spending

Seeded on Thu Apr 3, 2008 3:55 PM EDT (RH Reality Check)

Seventy-six members of Congress are saying enough is enough. Failed abstinence-only programs do not deserve to be funded through tax-payer dollars any longer.

politics, abstinence, sex-ed, abstinence-only, house-appropriations-committee, jim-moran, david-obey, fy-09-budget

Rape: Blame the Victime Culture in Ireland

Seeded on Fri Mar 28, 2008 10:28 AM EDT (Irish Examiner)

An Irish Examiner/Red C national opinion poll on people's attitudes to sex crimes found a core section of our society think rape victims are totally or partially responsible for being attacked.

ireland, rape, world-news, sex-crimes, blame-the-victim

The Bush administration's version of Teen Talk Barbie

Seeded on Thu Mar 20, 2008 12:48 PM EDT (Feministing)

White House spokesperson Dana Perino says she doesn't understand military and defense issues because she's a woman

white-house, politics, sexism, gender, stereotypes, dana-perino

New Study Shows One in Four Teenagers in the United States Have STDs

Seeded on Tue Mar 11, 2008 7:53 PM EDT (Ms Magazine)

The study indicates the need for reform in current sex education policies and health care of young women. The current administration consistently provides funding for abstinence-only programs despite the overwhelming evidence of their inefficacy.

health, std, sex-ed, abstinence-only, sti, hpv, sexual-education, sexuality-education

The Problem with Gender-Based Education

Seeded on Fri Mar 7, 2008 5:38 PM EST (NewAmerica.net)

[blockquote]Yesterday's New York Times Magazine featured a very long article that's purportedly about single-sex public schooling, but is really about a narrower--and much more problematic--concept of gender-based education.

education, single-sex-school, gender-based-school

Cristina Page: The McModerate

Seeded on Tue Feb 26, 2008 6:53 PM EST (The Huffington Post)

Pro-choice Americans haven't yet pegged McCain as the extreme anti-choice copy of George W. Bush he is. For close watchers of pro-choice politics though, he's John McSame.

abortion, election, politics, mccain, john-mccain, abstinence, pro-choice, sex-ed

Bhutto's Widower Rallies Party Before Vote in Pakistan

Seeded on Sat Feb 9, 2008 3:28 PM EST (The New York Times)

Asif Ali Zardari opened the party's election campaign in a bid to sweep into power on the legacy and martyrdom of his wife, former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.

elections, pakistan, world, asia, nytimes, benazir-bhutto, politics-and-government, asif-ali-zardari

The Caucus: Obama Will Get Richardson's Second-Choice Votes

Seeded on Thu Jan 3, 2008 3:55 PM EST (The New York Times)

Like Dennis Kucinich, Bill Richardson has pledged his second-choice votes to Barack Obama, a campaign adviser confirms.

2008, politics, bill-richardson, barack-obama, nytimes, caucus, iowa-caucus

Georgia Runs Over Brennan and Hawaii

Seeded on Wed Jan 2, 2008 3:07 AM EST (The New York Times)

Georgia's blowout victory over Hawaii came thanks to a dominating ground game and relentless pressure on quarterback Colt Brennan, who was sacked eight times.

football, sports, college-athletics, nytimes, colt-brennan, ncaafootball

Who Do You Like Better?

Sun Dec 30, 2007 10:28 AM EST

Certain bands seem to have so much in common that it's hard to talk about one without also bringing up the other. Whether they be pioneers in the same genre, similar classic rocks acts, or have famously charismatic frontmen, some bands are just linked.

Continue reading this entry ...

entertainment, music, bands

A Feministing win: Wal-Mart pulls "Who Needs Credit Cards..." Panties

Seeded on Sun Dec 16, 2007 9:01 PM EST (Feministing)

"We have directed our stores to remove this merchandise from our shelves," Linda Brown Blakely, a spokeswoman for Wal-Mart, told FOXNews.com Wednesday.

wal-mart, us-news, feministing, online-activism

Pricing Plan B

Seeded on Tue Dec 11, 2007 9:03 PM EST (Feministing)

Nearly 17 million women nationwide are in need of subsidized contraceptive services, and financial obstacles pose a real threat to low-income women's ability to obtain Plan B.

new-york, health, new-york-city, plan-b, pro-choice, feminist, ec

Poker Legend David 'Chip' Reese Dead at 56

Seeded on Wed Dec 5, 2007 9:39 PM EST (Telegraph)

Three-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner, Chip Reese, whom Doyle Brunson described as the best poker player in the world, was found dead in his Las Vegas home. He was 56.

sports, las-vegas, poker, gaming

Transgender politician gets sued for "fraud"

Seeded on Fri Nov 30, 2007 8:28 PM EST (Feministing)

Michelle Bruce--who won a City Council seat in Riverdale, Georgia four years ago--is being sued by her (losing) opponent for supposedly "misleading" voters by running as a woman. Talk about classy

georgia, women, us-news, transgender, glbt, queer