DoD: GET OFF THE INTERNET. First came the strict regulation of military bloggers, now U.S. troops are going to have to do without MySpace, YouTube, and a handful of other media and social networking sites because the DoD says their use is eating up too much bandwidth. Obviously, this cuts off an important way troops […]
Ann Friedman
Ann Friedman is a columnist for New York magazine’s website and for the Columbia Journalism Review. She also makes pie charts for The Hairpin and Los Angeles magazine. Her work has appeared in ELLE, Esquire, Newsweek, The Observer, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and many other outlets. She lives in Los Angeles, but travels so often the best place to find her is online at annfriedman.com.
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HONEY, I SHRUNK THE CHURCH.
HONEY, I SHRUNK THE CHURCH. It seems as if Pope Benedict XVI is really out to prove his philosophy that he’s willing to accept a smaller, but more loyal flock for the Roman Catholic Church. Among the loyalty tests — aside from the traditionally misogynist stands against women in the priesthood and reproductive rights for […]
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POT, KETTLE, BLACK.
POT, KETTLE, BLACK. A new study shows the Sunday-morning talk shows are total dudefests — more than 75% of guests are men. This research brought to you by an organization whose staff and advisors are more than 75% male. —Ann Friedman
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THE HITCH.
THE HITCH. Mike Kinsley reviewed Chris Hitchens‘ new book, God Is Not Great, for the Times earlier this week. It turns out to be more of a review of Hitchens’ peripatetic mind than of the latest contribution to the British writer-contrarian’s to his opus, which is presently at #3 on Amazon (thank God!). I haven’t […]
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PAGING CHAIRMAN WAXMAN
PAGING CHAIRMAN WAXMAN As Josh Marshall notes today, Condoleezza Rice was out propagating falsehood all over the airwaves yesterday to try to make her case for defying a subpoena from the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform to testify on the White House’s infamous claim that Iraq was seeking uranium from Africa for its […]
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PERSONAL POLITICS.
PERSONAL POLITICS. It’s not a novel suggestion that we combat abortion restrictions by sharing real women’s (and some men’s) stories about why they made the choices they did. This is something the pro-choice movement has done since its inception, starting with speak-outs about back-alley abortions in the pre-Roe era. In the past few years alone, […]
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FRIEDMAN VIEW-NIT.
FRIEDMAN VIEW-NIT. Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand soldiers. Check out this graphical depiction of Tom Friedman�s many assurances over the past four years that we were entering (another) critical, six-month period. —Tom Schaller
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RUDY v. AL?
RUDY v. AL? A new Quinnipiac poll of voters in large swing states — Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania — shows Rudy Giuliani ahead of Hillary Clinton in all three. Of course, it�s early, but Peter Brown of Quinnipiac writes of Hillary: �Her support is very deep, but narrow. Democrats view her favorably 8-1, but she […]
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BREAUX SAVED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
BREAUX SAVED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. A political operative with insider connections to Louisiana politics tells me that John Breaux�s decision not to run for governor this year was motivated in part by the former senator�s rather comfortable retirement lifestyle, including a nice home in Maryland that Republicans said disqualified him as a non-resident ineligible […]
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CONSERVATIVES DECRY POLITICIZATION OF THE FDA
CONSERVATIVES DECRY POLITICIZATION OF THE FDA. Oh, this is rich: The Family Research Council and Concerned Women for America are suing the FDA over the agency’s approval of Plan B emergency contraception for over-the-counter sale. Their complaint? The FDA’s decision was politically motivated. “It’s very clearly caught up in political dynamics and I would go […]
