Breastfeeding in class
Adrienne Pine, a professor at American University, is in a bit of a tempest. On the first day of classes, the single mother’s baby had a fever and could not be brought to day care. So Pine brought the baby… Continue Reading
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In anticipation of the coming season — chicken soup the Saunders way
It’s recipe time here at the League! I am pleased to say that I do, indeed, have my own recipe for chili, but since that’s already been done, I thought perhaps I would share my recipe for chicken soup. Cold… Continue Reading
WTF, WGBH?
I am usually loath to post about something without supporting links. I feel it’s an undue privilege for a blogger to report about something that he or she cannot verify independently of their own claim of fact. I hate, in… Continue Reading
Except for rape and….incest?
There has been a bit of brou-ha-ha recently that the Republican party platform has a statement that is anti-abortion even in cases of rape and incest. This is supposed to be illustrative of Republican extremism. The thinking goes that it’s… Continue Reading
Emerging blinking from the darkness
After a bit of a crazy few weeks, which involved moving, starting a new semester, teaching at a new university, aiming toward finishing my dissertation in the next couple of weeks, and starting my middle kid on his preschool career,… Continue Reading
Confessions of a partisan political junkie
I love politics. I’ve loved politics for years, going back at least as far as high school when I volunteered for the gubernatorial campaign of Mel Carnahan. (I got to go to his inaugural ball as a result, which was… Continue Reading
Dumb question
The New Republic has a question for us. Why Do We Care if Taylor Swift Dates a Kennedy? Um. We care if Taylor Swift dates a Kennedy? As it turns out, there are few subjects I can think of about… Continue Reading
Now that’s more like it
I’m going to tell myself that GOP Senate candidate Mike Baumgartner reads my blog. At the very least he seems to share my opinion about transparently fake apologies. To wit: Mike Baumgartner, a U.S. Senate candidate hoping to unseat Democratic… Continue Reading
Fake is fake is fake
Let the public contrition begin. Rather than abiding by the wishes of his party and leaving the Senate race, Rep. Todd Akin is asking Missourians to forgive his inappropriate comments. The Senate hopeful is releasing a new ad in which… Continue Reading
Apologies for light posting
I’ve been covering the inpatient service for my practice over the past week, and have been a little bit busier than usual. Blogging has, unfortunately, had to take a backseat to my doing the things I get paid to do. … Continue Reading