Thursday, April 19th, 2007
NYT: SCOTUS Ruling on Abortion
Why did O’Connor leave? The court did not explicitly overturn any of its precedents, although Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, writing for the four dissenters, said the decision was “so at odds with our jurisprudence” that it “should not have staying power.” Justice Ginsburg called the decision “alarming” and said the majority’s “hostility” to the right […]
Thursday, April 19th, 2007
Rolling Stone: Column on Imus
This column makes some interesting points, albeit as offensively as possible. The below paragraph is pretty on-point: First of all, let’s just get this out of the way: The idea that anyone in the media world gives a shit about the dignity of women, black or white, is a ridiculous joke. America’s TV networks have […]