Archive for August, 2007
Friday, August 31st, 2007
From on the Down Low to Stepping Down
(Photo: A shop in the Minneapolis, Minnesota airport earlier today.)
Completing the pre-Stonewall morality fable, Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho will announce his resignation tomorrow. Now, I find the idea of sex with random strangers in bathrooms as off-putting as the next gal, but really, who doesn’t think this move is really about the taint of […]
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Friday, August 31st, 2007
Home Again, Home Again
Finally.
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Thursday, August 30th, 2007
Winter Breakdown
GFR in TAP Online, “Early Caucus Date Could Hurt Dems in Iowa”:
The compression of the primary calendar could seriously damage the ability of students to participate in the Iowa caucuses in January, say students and political observers in the state. Traditionally held in the middle or toward the end of January, this year the caucuses, […]
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Thursday, August 30th, 2007
Idaho is Burning
It’s not under a cloud, it’s flaming!
Sorry, couldn’t resist. But it is. There’s a huge wildfire. And lots of smoke. And where there’s smoke…
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Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
Explaining Contemporary Marriage Rates
Hmmm, I wonder if this has anything to do with it:
Married men do less housework than live-in boyfriends, finds an international survey.
But married women do more housework than their live-in counterparts.
“Marriage as an institution seems to have a traditionalizing effect on couples—even couples who see men and women as equal,” said co-researcher Shannon Davis, a […]
