When you're a mom, politics get personal.

Monthly archive: 01 2012

Contraception and Religious Universities: Yea or Nay?

Okey-dokey. I need to think this thing through and I’m going to use this handy-dandy blog of mine to do so. Bear with me here, because I suspect I’m about to reveal some inconsistencies in my own belief structure. Or maybe just areas where different facets of my belief structure overlap in ways that make [...]

Babble!

Do not let the title of this post fool you; I’m not planning to sit here and babble nonsensically. At least not any more than usual. Rather I wanted to share the exciting news that, beginning on February 1, I will be a new contributor to the Being Pregnant blog at Babble. Wheeeeeee meeeeee! I [...]

The REAL State of the Union

I thought I was going to watch the State of the Union Address later tonight and either live-blog or live-tweet it. With 2 hours until go-time, I realize I am probably wrong about that. I don’t have the intestinal fortitude to ear Obama talk about a budget that will make me cringe in simultaneous disappointment [...]

The Broad Side: The Staggered Primary System: It’s Just Not Fair To Voters

I’m over at The Broad Side today talking about the unfairness of the staggered primary system. The other fact that should be upsetting is the inherent unfairness of the staggered primary system. Not to the candidates. It’s arguable that being able to focus on one state at a time is better for candidates. But the [...]

On Copyright, SOPA, and PIPA

Hi. I’m, um, not doing the whole blackout thing today. Sorry. Instead I’m going to talk about copyright laws. Feel free to take a nap instead of reading this post. It might be pedantic and boring.It also might be full of holes as I realize how many of the details of the copyright law class [...]

New Column: Where are all the girl superheroes?

My latest So Here’s The Thing column is up at the Washington Times Communities! This week I’m pondering the dearth of female superheroes and why the female superheroes that we do see are under-dressed: Anyway, I’ve been immersed in the super world of superheroes for a few weeks now and something has really struck me: [...]

I’m at The DC Moms Bitching About Clothes Today!

Happy New Year y’all! I’m getting a slow start on blogging. Maybe because the sudden media prominence of Rick Santorum is making me want to hide until the nightmare ends. Anyway, today I’ve gt a post up at The DC Moms complaining about how freaking fugly maternity clothes are right now. Oh, yeah, I’m pregnant [...]

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