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Last week at the Republican National Convention, I wrote about self-defined progressive Republicans in Minnesota. One of those speakers was Jim Ramstad, who has been ranked as one of the most middle-of-the-road Republicans by National Journal. Although Ramstad has earned a reputation as a strong fiscal conservative, he recognizes the need for social justice, partnering […]

A report released on Friday at the Pentagon revealed that about one third of women and about 6 percent of men in the military had experienced some form of sexual harassment. Another report, released simultaneously, revealed that 5 percent of women in the military experienced “unwanted sexual contacts” — ranging from sexual touching to rape. […]

LIE IN, DIE IN. The WaPo reported a protest staged yesterday by 32 women representing the victims of the Virginia Tech shootings. One of the leaders of the protest, Abigail Spangler, “decided to organize a women’s ‘lie-in/die-in’ that would last only a few minutes, ‘representing the amount of time it took for the shooter to […]

REUNITING AFTER ANOTHER KIND OF SECTARIAN VIOLENCE. Northern Ireland has at last found peace, as Protestant and Catholic leaders met yesterday to take oaths of office to share power in the government. Ted Kennedy said he hoped they could teach the world how to “put aside the bomb and bullet.” But the important thing to […]

TAKING POLICE. Fourteen Iraqi policemen are reported missing, and a statement on the Internet claims they were taken in retaliation for the alleged rape of 20-year-old Sabrine al-Janabi — the woman Maliki publicly declared was lying. The reported, however, that an Iraqi nurse who assisted the woman (speaking on the condition of anonymity) said that […]

TROUBLESHOOTING. Julie Amero, a teacher at a school in Norwich, Connecticut faces up to 40 years in prison for exposing her students to some pop-up porn. The conventional wisdom about the case is that the exposure was accidental, but parents are quickly looking for someone to blame. In this culture of “protect the children,” parents […]

ACADEMIC BILL OF WRONGS. Arizona legislators are considering banning professors at public colleges and universities from endorsing candidates. Republicans introduced the bill, inspired by David Horowitz’s stance opposing the liberal bias on college campuses, but even Horowitz says the bill goes too far. It would allow universities to fire professors for endorsement of any candidate, […]

ENCINO BOY. Apparently the creationism v. evolution debate is raging in the womb of human life. The earliest, most complete human skeleton, known as “Turkana Boy,” is set to be displayed at a museum in Kenya, but an evangelical Christian group is planning to boycott the exhibit. The creationism movement has spread virally beyond the […]