It turns out that the abstinence education study took the religion out and promoted educated discussion and empowerment – not just “don’t do it”. Sorry to have been so alarmist!

Yet another example of newspapers selectively reporting according to whomever’s bias: The Washington Post writes that abstinence-only programs may actually deter teens from having sex. If you don’t talk about it, it won’t happen! Also, 0.1% of climate scientists think global climate change could be a coincidence, so buy a new Hummer!
Only about a third [...]

This has got to be a joke. This National Post article decries Women’s Studies programs in post-secondary institutions as having “done untold damage to families, our court systems, labour laws, constitutional freedoms and even the ordinary relations between men and women.” This article is so radically right-wing and reactionary that it seems, to me, to [...]

Thanks to kt & Daniel Koyata for the update – Scott Roeder is sentenced to 25, possibly 50, years in prison for the cold-blooded first-degree premeditated murder of Dr George Tiller. The jury deliberated less than fourty minutes.

The New York Times reports on the trial of Scott Roeder, the man who, in cold blood, shot Dr George R Tiller – and felt “a sense of relief” once the job was done. Dr Tiller, of course, performed abortions – and so Roeder acted as if it was his duty to save the babies. [...]

I made a new Tumblog at tomboyfemme.com that’s a collection of photographs, articles, and links from around the web pertaining to a “tomboy femme” gender identity/style. Tomboy femme is the term I have chosen to apply to my own gender identity (my own spot on the butch/femme spectrum). I invite discussion – if you’d like [...]

When I saw Avatar – in 3D, pretty quickly after it landed in big-box theatres – I remember sitting in the theatre, watching this incredible dynamic, colourful, lush, computer-animated landscape move in front of and around me, wondering if I’d become too socially conscious to ever enjoy a Hollywood film again. Sigh. I tweeted about [...]

US-centric list of the funniest protest signs of 2009 over at Huffington Post is heavy on the healthcare reform and marriage equality jokes – which make me laugh extra hard. Check it out.

In the vein of yesterday’s post, Rabble’s Samantha Power reviews Satya Das’ Green Oil – a book that asks Alberta, Canada’s biggest (and most stubborn) contributor to the greenhouse gas/climate change problem, to take some responsibility and help Canada reverse (or buy off) some of the damage it’s done.
Unfortunately, Power writes, Alberta doesn’t really have [...]

If you’ haven’t read George Monbiot’s article (The Urgent Threat to World Peace is…) yet, you really should – it’s vital reading for Canadians and non-Canadians alike. Our Conservative government, and our Bush-pandering Prime Minister Stephen Harper, have turned us into the laughingstock of the world. When it comes to tackling the very real problem [...]