Category Archives: Link farms

A bit from around and about

Law professor Richard Thomson looks at the recent debate over who is an “African American” and very sensibly asks, who cares? Via Ms. Musings. Ms Musings is also one of several bloggers to point out the first American Time-Use Survey … Continue reading

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New blogs on the ol' blogroll

Here’s a bunch of new additions to the blogroll… I sure did Bean a favor when I put Des Femmes on the blogroll – she came up to me the next day ranting about how it is the best blog … Continue reading

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More links than you can shake a stick at!

Terrific article in The Scotsman: “Blame women – it’s easier than thinking.” Here’s a sample: The difficulty with this mood of reaction, though, as with many “backlash” phenomena, it that it seems doomed to sow widespread feelings of fear and … Continue reading

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This and that and the other

New to the blogroll: The Secret of This Girl, an enjoyable blog by a british feminist. Speaking of the blogroll, I’ve cleaned it up a bit and made many changes in the past several days (deleting dead blogs, adding new … Continue reading

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A bunch of links

Marriage Equality: State by State has a link to Support Equality, a terrific service which allows you to donate money to help pro-gay-marriage candidates to the Massachusetts state congress. This is a great way to help prevent anti-equality forces in … Continue reading

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A few quick links

Catholics for Choice responds to the Pope’s recent thoughts on “the woman question.” Well worth reading. An article in the Times reports another cost of our absurb lack of decent single-payer care: higher unemployment. Faced with the fast-rising costs of … Continue reading

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Various same-sex marriage links

I really enjoyed this post, which – being on the right-wing Koch Fellows blog – might have escaped some “Alas” readers’ notice. The author is arguing that even if same-sex marriage somehow weakens straight marriage (something SSM opponents have failed … Continue reading

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Here a link, there a link, everywhere a link link

Unfortunately, these links have been hanging around on my desktop long enough that I know longer remember the source for most of them. My apologies to everyone I fail to credit… Good article in The Chronicle of Higher Education, which … Continue reading

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More Quick Links

Via Eschaton, I really enjoyed this debate between Ralph Nader and Howard Dean. On the whole, Dean makes a better case, but Ralph gets some good points in – particularly on how little Kerry is really offering voters interested in … Continue reading

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A few good links

Why No-Fault Divorce is a Good Thing. One of my favorite Jake Squid posts, pointing out that No Fault is by far the lesser evil. Nick Kiddle responds to Susan Shell’s essay against gay marriage. The best and most thorough … Continue reading

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