Archive for April 17th, 2007
Tuesday, April 17th, 2007
Hmmm.
I see Keelin McDonell has decided that just mentioning the domestic violence angle raised by the police as an explanation for their actions in the Virginia Tech shootings is a great chance to haul out the hoary neoliberal anti-PC schtick I’m sure we all remember exhaustedly from the 1980s. Did I allege “good-ole’-boy misogyny” in [...]
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Tuesday, April 17th, 2007
The Policy Implications
The massacre in Blacksburg, Va., yesterday is already raising fresh talk of gun control, because mass shootings always do. But before people get sidetracked into that morass, they should take a close look at other the policy issue this tragedy has thrust into the national spotlight: domestic violence. Because the first victim was a woman, [...]
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Tuesday, April 17th, 2007
Laura’s Foray into L-World
Ezra Klein flags an Eric Boehlert story about Laura Bush getting a $700 haircut at the Sally Hershberger salon in New York, but fails to include the critical information that Hershberger is widely believed to be the inspiration for the character Shane on The L Word. Also: She’s cut Hillary Clinton’s hair, as well.
