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Who Killed California?
by Troy Senik http://nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/who-killed-california My apologies for having nothing originally in this post. The text was here but didn't show up. Apparently this article is too long to be printed here, at about 11 pages. It is nevertheless worth reading, unless, as someone has already done, you have made your mind up what to believe before reading.State to mom: Stop baby-sitting neighbors' kids
Each day before the school bus comes to pick up the neighborhood's children, Lisa Snyder did a favor for three of her fellow moms, welcoming their children into her home for about an hour before they left for school. Regulators who oversee child care, however, don't see it as charity. Days after the start of the new school year, Snyder received a letter from the Michigan Department of Human Services warning her that if she continued, she'd be violating a law aimed at the operators of unlicensed day care centers.Tom Brokow's World Implodes
http://spectator.org/archives/2009/09/15/media-malpractice-tom-brokaws/ Media Malpractice: Tom Brokow's World Implodes By Jeffrey Lord on 9.15.09 @ 6:08AM Tom Brokaw. With the passing of Walter Cronkite, Mr. Brokaw is considered perhaps the new "dean" of journalism. As such the former NBC News anchor is periodically summoned forth to assess the current world, an occasion that presented itself recently on the venerable NBC Sunday newser Meet the Press.Prayer from an Agnostic Catholic
http://www.utne.com/Spirituality/Prayer-from-an-Agnostic-Catholic.aspx I should have known I was asking for trouble when I chose Thomas as my confirmation name. Even at seventeen, I thought a sincere faith could withstand rigorous questioning. And I have always been a Catholic with doubts.Spitting in the eye of mainstream education
Spitting in the eye of mainstream education Three no-frills charter schools in Oakland mock liberal orthodoxy, teach strictly to the test -- and produce some of the state's top scores. By Mitchell Landsberg May 31, 2009 http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-charter31-2009may31,0,6518091,full.story Reporting from Oakland -- Not many schools in California recruit teachers with language like this: "We are looking for hard working people who believe in free market capitalism. .Hatshepsut, the Queen that ruled Egypt as a man
Source: National Geographic magazine Visit the National Geographic Photo Gallery to see the amazing images that accompanied this article. ~~~~~~~~~~ The King Herself What motivated Hatshepsut to rule ancient Egypt as a man while her stepson stood in the shadows? Her mummy, and her true story, have come to light.The Model & The Mayhem
“Ring Ring”…”Hello,” Nyssa groggily answered the phone in a sleepy stupor. It was 2PM, but Nyssa hadn’t gotten to bed until the wee hours of the morning due to a hectic photo shoot the night before that lasted some eight hours. “Yup, those are the latest photos on my website.Elizabeth Edwards’ re-issued memoir has new dedication, subtle hits at mistress
The paperback re-issue of John Edwards’ cancer-stricken wife, Elizabeth, is raising some new questions about how much Elizabeth knew about her husband’s affair- and how she really felt about it. Her book, “Saving Graces: Finding Solace and Strength from Friends and Strangers,” was originally published in late 2006 and chronicles her battle with breast cancer as her husband campaigned with John Kerry. The just-issued paperback version of that memoir features some subtle new passages, written by Edwards herself, that could be interpreted as a slam at her husband’s mistress, Rielle Hunter, and at John himself.Rob Interview
in the TwilightArticle from: Sunday Herald SunFont size: Decrease Increase Email article: Email Print article: Print Peta Hellard
December 07, 2008 12:00am
FOR millions of teenage girls around the world, the sight of Robert Pattinson on the big screen is an emotion-charging experience.
But for the British actor, who has become Hollywood's hot new pin-up with his starring role in vampire romance Twilight, seeing himself prompts an emotional response of a different kind.
"I don't watch my stuff, ever," he says, with a shy glance.
Women in Politics After Hillary and Sarah
The “Bitch” and the “Ditz” How the Year of the Woman reinforced the two most pernicious sexist stereotypes and actually set women back. By Amanda Fortini/NY Times Published Nov 16, 2008 In the past few weeks, Sarah Palin has been variously described as a diva who engaged in paperwork-throwing tantrums, a shopaholic who spent $150,000 on clothing, a seductress who provocatively welcomed staffers while wearing only a towel, and a “whack-job”—contemporary code for hysteric. Worse, she was accused by a suspiciously gleeful Fox News reporter named Carl Cameron of not knowing Africa was a continent, of being unable to name the members of NAFTA, indeed of being unable to name the countries of North America at all.
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