The human mind resists a vacuum. I’m watching the latest press conference with Gov. Deval Patrick, and unsurprisingly the theme of the entire thing is “no comment”. I know many of us have an expectation that the responsible parties for the Boston marathon bombing will be known to…
Generation shift ushers in ‘theoretical’ judges
Baby boom judges about to retire are set to leave a vacuum behind them as Sweden struggles to fill their jobs, especially in the country’s smaller towns, and may change certain rulings. … Read More
Studies suggest ‘speed of light’ in a vacuum is not a fixed universal constant
Researchers say that the speed of light in a vacuum, long thought to be a universal constant, may actually… ;
Opposition groups restore public services in Syria
http://www.youtube.com/v/0JRWXhF5lx0?version=3&f=videos&app=youtube_gdata Link: Opposition groups restore public services in Syria
Secretary Clinton warns of rising militancy at Benghazi hearing
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned of the challenges posed by rising militancy after the Arab Spring as she appeared before US lawmakers Wednesday to be grilled about a deadly attack. “Benghazi didn’t happen in a vacuum,” Clinton said at the start of a Senate…
5 biggest threats to the globe in 2013
LONDON — Another year, another slide away from the cozy world of American hegemony. US economic and political dominance continues to recede. That means what would have been merely an eventful new year in times past is now a fretful one.2013 will see emerging global players adjust to the vacuum America’s decline has created. Some may be tempted to exploit these new realities. Whatever you may think about America’s ability to reinvent itself, or Europe’s determination to save the euro, one fact is clear: neither of these erstwhile power centers have any chance of reclaiming the economic heft they wielded a decade ago.Back then, the US represented about 25 percent of global economy GDP; by 2010 that figure was 19.4 percent. Further decline is inevitable.From this decline flow many of the economic and geopolitical shifts that beset the world as 2013 unfolds.Continue Reading… … Read More
Please, No More Articles About Single Mothers (Except This One)
Single mothers! Ah! We’re sluts! We’re whores! We’re uneducated! We’re losers. We don’t know how to get a man and keep him. We’re poor. We’re too busy. We’re too stressed. Most of all, we’re an archetype to be talked about, written about, judged. We’re not whole people. Individuals with individual circumstances. Stories. Real Lives. We’re “single mothers.” We are a group. A homogeneous one, for the most part, unless whoever is writing about “us” divides “us” by class or race. Then we’re “black or Latina single mothers” and “more-educated single mothers.” (Read: white.) We exist in a vacuum, in a world where there are no fathers, even when there are fathers, because of course there are fathers. Last I checked you can’t make a baby without a father, unless you’re a “more-educated” (read: white) single mother who had a baby on her own with donated sperm, then you’re just an alien (especially if you’re “0ld”). Also, single women don’t choose to adopt children and raise them on their own because that would mean single women are independent, thoughtful, capable and caring, so if you did that, I hate to tell you this, but you’re not actually alive. My condolences.Read More…
