Florida legislators to decide what serves ‘legitimate pedagogical purpose.’… Read the rest
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Dutch MPs Wilders, Hirsi Ali Live Like Prisoners
Mar 23rd, 2005 | Filed by Ophelia BensonThey received death threats after criticising behaviour of militant Muslim immigrants. … Read the rest
Jeb Bush Considers Adopting Terri Schiavo
Mar 23rd, 2005 | Filed by Ophelia BensonAs courts continue to reject appeals, Florida governor talks of protective custody.… Read the rest
Woman Leads US Muslims to Prayer
Mar 23rd, 2005 | Filed by Ophelia BensonChallenge to second-class status greeted with refusals and threats.… Read the rest
‘Authorized by Allah’ to Beat Students at Picnic
Mar 23rd, 2005 | Filed by Ophelia BensonMilitias in Basra force women to wear hijab, close shops selling alcohol or music.… Read the rest
Both Speculated, but They Were Chalk and Cheese
Mar 23rd, 2005 | Filed by Ophelia BensonEinstein was a scientist and Freud considered himself one.… Read the rest
Feudal Care
Mar 23rd, 2005 3:04 am | By Ophelia BensonAnd another thing.
By now most people who read liberal blogs are aware that George W. Bush signed a law in Texas that expressly gave hospitals the right to remove life support if the patient could not pay and there was no hope of revival, regardless of the patient’s family’s wishes. It is called the Texas Futile Care Law. Under this law, a baby was removed from life support against his mother’s wishes in Texas just this week. A 68 year old man was given a temporary reprieve by the Texas courts just yesterday.
I didn’t know that until I read it on a blog. It doesn’t surprise me – of course Bush would sign a law like that. … Read the rest
Consistency? Don’t Be Silly
Mar 22nd, 2005 8:47 pm | By Ophelia BensonI know. Why’s she so quiet all of a sudden? you’ve been thinking. What’s the deal? Did something very heavy sit on her or what? Has she gone prancing off on a trip again? Is she at the mall shopping for new spring outfits? Getting her hair done? Training for a marathon? In prison? What?
Since it’s not as if I fall silent in the normal course of things, is it. No. No, it’s none of those, just a death struggle with my computer. So I finally shot it (I had to) and got a new one. Which means I have to go from three meals of cat food a day to two, for the rest of my life – … Read the rest
Pope Cited in Lawyer’s Argument
Mar 22nd, 2005 | Filed by Ophelia Benson‘Court has ordered her to disobey her church and even jeopardize her eternal soul.’… Read the rest
Judge Rules Against Feeding Tube
Mar 22nd, 2005 | Filed by Ophelia BensonShe can breathe but not speak – or think, feel, or experience.… Read the rest
Federal Judge Refuses Feeding-tube Request
Mar 22nd, 2005 | Filed by Ophelia BensonSince substantial likelihood of success is not there.… Read the rest
Evangelical Populism Trumps Facts
Mar 22nd, 2005 | Filed by Ophelia BensonMilestone in the campaign for faith over fact and miracles over medicine.… Read the rest
Bush Intervenes to Block Right to Die
Mar 22nd, 2005 | Filed by Ophelia BensonEnds vacation early to strike a blow for minimal government.… Read the rest
STWC Excludes Opponents of Iranian Regime
Mar 20th, 2005 | Filed by Ophelia BensonRefugee group of Iranian marchers refused permission to speak from platform.… Read the rest
Dictionary of National Oops
Mar 19th, 2005 | Filed by Ophelia BensonNew DNB has many mistakes, some quite basic.… Read the rest
Michael Holroyd Wins Biography Prize
Mar 18th, 2005 | Filed by Ophelia BensonWrote biography of some geezer starring Emma Thompson.… Read the rest
Pinter Makes Bad Career Decision
Mar 18th, 2005 | Filed by Ophelia BensonInexplicable winning of Wilfred Owen award for poetry not a good reason to give up day job.… Read the rest
Four Men in Pakistani Rape Case Re-arrested
Mar 18th, 2005 | Filed by Ophelia BensonTo be held until Supreme Court decides final appeal. … Read the rest
Effort to Force Schiavo to Stay Alive Rejected
Mar 18th, 2005 | Filed by Ophelia BensonPresumption in favour of a degrading life as an empty shell?… Read the rest
Some Snickers and One Flinch
Mar 17th, 2005 8:26 pm | By Ophelia BensonOkay, I know I’m being bad. But some nonsense is just so nonsensical it just cries out for it. ‘And if the children cry out for rebuke shall we walk on the other side?’ I bet you don’t know what part of the Bible that’s from. Neither do I.
Anyway. They’re schlepping around with their tongues hanging out, begging us to laugh at them. So let’s laugh at them. First let’s laugh at Jesus-sniffing.
… Read the restYou can find candles with just about every fragrance imaginable, from blueberry to ocean mist to hot apple pie. Now there’s a candle that lets you experience the scent of Jesus, and they’ve been selling out by the case…”You can’t see him and you can’t touch