The Greatest Role of All: Motherhood, Feminism, and Natalie Portman

Sunday night at the Oscars, Natalie Portman was giving her acceptance speech for Best Actress when she thanked “my beautiful love, Benjamin Millepied who choreographed the film and has now given me the most important role of my life” – motherhood.:  It was a beautiful moment, but this Salon writer, Mary Elizabeth Williams, found Portman’s […]

 

Church, State and the First Amendment: What Coons needs to know

I read this article by Ken Paulson, the President of the First Amendment Center and had to respond to almost everything he wrote. Church, State and the First Amendment: What O’Donnell needs to know Sometimes political debates generate light as well as heat. Delaware Republican Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell’s question “Where in the Constitution is […]

 



Dumb Dems’ Job Ideas: Who’s Crazier?

Via Ace of Spades and UK Guardian – Alvin Greene, the crazy jobless guy running for Senate in South Carolina has ideas on how to create jobs: “Another thing we can do for jobs is make toys of me, especially for the holidays. Little dolls. Me. Like maybe little action dolls. Me in an army […]

 

Alexa’s Top 5 Must Reads of the Day 7/7/10

Study Confirms Abortion Triples Breast Cancer Risk Among Sri Lanka Women LifeNews The Sri Lankan study is the fourth epidemiological study in fourteen months to report an abortion-breast cancer link, including studies from the U.S., China and Turkey. The studies are piling up. How long will the pro-aborts be able to continue to keep this […]

 


Alexa’s Top 5 Must Reads 7/1/10

Six Months to Go Until The Largest Tax Hikes in History ATR In 2001 and 2003, the GOP Congress enacted several tax cuts for investors, small business owners, and families. These will all expire on January 1, 2011 Just what we need during a recession – thank you Obama and Democrats! Gunfire hitting City Hall […]

 

Alexa’s Top 5 Must Reads 6/30/10

Why Obamanomics Has Failed WSJ The president, his friends and advisers talk endlessly about the circumstances they inherited as a way of avoiding responsibility for the 18 months for which they are responsible. But they want new stimulus measures–which is convincing evidence that they too recognize that the earlier measures failed. EXACTLY! Instead of blaming […]

 

Census Workers Sensing Danger?

I in no way condone acts of violence or threats of violence toward Census workers, or anyone else, but this article over the weekend really got to me. An unexpected result for some census takers: the wrath of irate Americans Since they began making follow-up house calls in early May, census takers have encountered vitriol, […]