BARACK OBAMA ATTEMPTS TO SHIFT THE CHOICE DEBATE. “When we argue big, we win,” Barack Obama told the Planned Parenthood political academy today. By “argue big,” Obama meant expanding the terms of the pro-choice debate beyond access to abortion, contraception, and comprehensive sexuality education and into a larger discussion about family planning and work-life balance […]
Dana Goldstein
Dana Goldstein, a former associate editor and writer at the Prospect, comes from a family of public-school educators. She received the Spencer Fellowship in Education Journalism, a Schwarz Fellowship at the New America Foundation, and a Puffin Foundation Writing Fellowship at the Nation Institute. Her journalism is regularly featured in Slate, The Atlantic, The Nation, The Daily Beast, and other publications, and she is a staff writer at the Marshall Project.
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ELIZABETH EDWARDS AT PLANNED PARENTHOOD.
ELIZABETH EDWARDS AT PLANNED PARENTHOOD. Today I’ll be watching the three major Democratic presidential campaigns plead their case to Planned Parenthood. It’s a significant event because this primary has, thus far, been almost completely lacking in discussion of sexual health. The major exception was the Democratic outcry after the Supreme Court upheld the Bush administration’s […]
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Will Conservatives Leave Education Reform Behind?
Conservatives consider whether to throw their support behind reforming No Child Left Behind, or let the law continue to hobble along as an unfunded mandate.
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ARGH! I’M FALLING DOWN THE SLIPPERY SLOPE!
ARGH! I’M FALLING DOWN THE SLIPPERY SLOPE! I guess my new beat is op-ed columns of the weird, because I can’t help commenting on this one, which claims that because of one Pennsylvania and one Canadian court case rewarding parental rights to biological fathers in addition to the lesbian mothers who raise the resulting children, […]
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KRISTOL: “BUSH’S PRESIDENCY WILL PROBABLY BE A SUCCESSFUL ONE.”
KRISTOL: “BUSH’S PRESIDENCY WILL PROBABLY BE A SUCCESSFUL ONE.” You almost have to ask yourself if William Kristol really believes this stuff. I’m sure his column will be ripped apart by day’s end, but let’s just start the morning off with a few obvious counterarguments: Kristol: “What about terrorism? Apart from Iraq, there has been […]
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THE “NEW POPULISM.”
THE “NEW POPULISM.” The New York Times today advances the argument that whether backed by substance or just a “tone,” appealing to voters’ economic insecurity on health care costs, higher education, and outsourcing is the way to win the White House in 2008. This may be one strategy for tackling the primary, but it would […]
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I-BANKERS IN ARTISTS’ LOFTS.
I-BANKERS IN ARTISTS’ LOFTS. The history of Soho — the Manhattan neighborhood that went from a gritty, artistic crucible to a luxury Mall of America in less than two decades — has since been replicated in urban “renaissance” neighborhoods all over the United States. This week’s New York magazine (in an article not available online) […]
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HOLSINGER AND HOMOSEXUALITY.
HOLSINGER AND HOMOSEXUALITY. In response to my piece on Dr. James Holsinger‘s confirmation hearing yesterday, Brian Beutler writes that Holsinger seems better qualified than most Bush appointees, and that his views on the dangers of anal sex are “both completely true and totally uncontroversial.” I don’t dispute the fact that some sexual activities are more […]
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GREAT NEW RESOURCE.
GREAT NEW RESOURCE. After months of hard work, the Kaiser Family Foundation has launched Health08.org, a new website dedicated to poring over each presidential candidate’s record and proposals on health care. Check it out. –Dana Goldstein
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AIDS AND ECONOMICS.
AIDS AND ECONOMICS. A curious Washington Post story today begins by suggesting that inflation is the main driver of Zimbabwe’s decreased rates of HIV infection, due to men having less disposable income for supporting mistresses and visiting prostitutes. But the article then reports that the biggest drop in infection occurred among women with access to […]
