Reading the news that Arlen Spector has joined the Democratic Party, I felt a moment of jubilee and then, upon reflection, a bit of concern.
I sort of like checks and balances. Once/If Franken ever gets to Washington, the Dems are filibuster-proof.
More worrisome, can you guess when the last time the Democratic party held a filibuster-proof [...]
Archive for April, 2009
Arlen Spector
Posted in politics on April 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’m shovel-ready… but I have no stamps or toner.
Posted in the academy on April 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I am experiencing significant cognitively-dissonant whiplash when faced with the massive amounts of potential grant money targeted specifically at all the stuff I am working on (NIH, Robert Wood Johnson, BJS, NSF, Oh My!) in the context of a hiring freeze, bad or no food at talks (which doesn’t really matter because we can’t fly [...]
In which NSP also has a bit of a breakdown.
Posted in autism on April 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I knew I’d be in trouble if I watched Jenny McCarthy and company on Larry King Live talking about autism but I did…
If you mean to say this [per your lawyer's instructions, I'm sure]:
CARREY: We are not saying don’t vaccinate. That’s the thing we want to get really clear right now with …
and [...]
What next… the c-word in headlines?
Posted in gender on April 6, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I was shocked to see the word ’skank’ used on cnn.com a few weeks ago. When did this word make it into general usage? I’ve used it fewer times than I can count on one hand and it is typically my most toxic insult — I generally try to avoid gendered insults. I thought of [...]
