Web Surfers Have More Depression

February 4, 2010 / 9:30 am
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Hmmmmm......

A "dark side" to the internet suggests a strong link between time spent surfing the web and depression, say psychologists.

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Podcast 69: Sex, Guns, & Health Care

December 15, 2009 / 9:24 am
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Those topics, not necessarily in that order, unlike real life.

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Andrew Sullivan Begins The Week Doing Another Sarah Palin Gynecological Exam

November 30, 2009 / 8:47 am
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Andrew Sullivan, is, in a word, tedious:

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Trapped On A Plane With A Feral Toddler Adult

November 24, 2009 / 1:25 pm
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Before kids, I'd board a plane looking for my seat, beg, beg, begging the airplane god that no kid was near me. Once I had kids, my judgmental superiority came back to me in a rush. Now, people looked at me and my delightful cherubs as devil's spawn and prayed to their gods for mercy. The wheel of life and all that.

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Genocide In India: The Logical Conclusion When Life Is Devalued

November 14, 2009 / 10:05 am
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I've written about this before [read here] and received this comment today from Rita Banerji:

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President Obama's Defensive Posture: No Hand Over His Heart During National Anthem--Update

November 13, 2009 / 9:00 am
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Go over to Pamela Geller's place and check this out and then come back.

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Reebok Reduces Women To Tits And Ass

November 11, 2009 / 1:22 pm
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I'm sure this video is meant to be somehow affirming:

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What Is Sarah Palin Up To?

October 23, 2009 / 1:18 pm
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In my editorial at Pajamas Media today, I talk about Sarah Palin's decision to endorse the conservative, rather than the Republican candidate and what it all means:

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Is Yelling The New Spanking? Yes.

October 22, 2009 / 2:31 pm
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Morally superior Gen X moms and dads seem entirely reasonable until they see the limits of "limits" like time-outs, banal blabbing and gentle cajoling. Kids regard their parents with utter contempt. Well, some do. Depends on the kid's personality. And parents, once exasperated, go there. No, they might not spank their child. They'll yell. Or arm yank. Or threaten. Or push. Or thump (thwack in the head with fingers). Or pinch. Something, anything, to reorder the disordered relationship--the one w…

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Liz Cheney....Please Run For Something, Oh, And You, Too, Mary

September 28, 2009 / 5:00 pm
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Liz Cheney spoke at the Smart Girls Summit in Nashville--alas, I missed it. But I've seen her interviewed and she's got her daddy's smarts and her mama's grit. (Her mom is smart, too.) She was featured by the New York Times:

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