Today’s Thing to Be Outraged About
The Republican Senate nominee in Missouri, Todd Akin, said something very stupid. [L]iberal blog Talking Points Memo posted a video of Rep. Todd Akin claiming that victims of “legitimate rape” are...
View ArticleLegitimate Abortion
Of all the “social issues,” abortion is the one I am the most passionate about. Everyone has the same rights at the beginning of their life, and I believe the beginning of life is the point at which...
View ArticleMasses of Cells
Yes, this is another abortion-related post (sort of), but there is something interesting I noticed after reading Atticus Finch’s post on the subject and the comments (particularly Jon’s). I am...
View Article“Soft on Rape” and Infanticide
I actually thought the most “sanctimoniously smug” CNN anchor was Soledad O’Brien, but apparently it is actuallly Ashley Banfield. I have to be honest, I didn’t watch the video in that Breitbart.com...
View ArticleShut Up, Bitch. You Will Do What We Say.
Rona Ambrose, Canada’s “Minister for the Status of Women,” (who, for the sake of background, is, like all members of the cabinet (ministers), a member of the ruling Conservative Party), voted in favour...
View ArticleThe Real Muslim Housewives of Calgary
Muslims always seem to find a way to make me not like their religion. Even here in Calgary, some of them display abhorrent behaviour. A website called “Muslims of Calgary” has instructions on how to...
View ArticleNothing But the Finest Gold and Diamonds
$18,000 for birth control?!?!? I’m in hysterics over this. Okay, first off, that’s just embarrassing. Writing mom to beg for birth control? Really? Second, $18,000 for birth control? Are those pills...
View ArticleMarriage is a Leftist Value
And by that, I don’t mean “religious marriage.” I refer exclusively to civil marriage. I haven’t done a post on gay marriage in a while, but I came across an interesting article about it (hat tip...
View ArticleNew Feminism
I have long respected the “classical feminists,” those who thought women should be full people (people who are allowed to vote, for example), and then who thought women shouldn’t be confined to...
View ArticleMy Personal War on Women
First, I have to say that not all women fit the following characterization (and a lot of males probably fit it). In most cases when I say “women” it would be appropriate to modify that with “in...
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