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A wee bit of writer’s block so here’s some worthwhile transitional links as I try to move from the political/topical to getting a couple book reviews done. Slate takes a look at South Dakota and J.A.I.L. In light of my last post on the connection between J.A.I.L. and abortion, I found it interesting that Slate […] Somebody mentioned that there seems to be a number of political oriented posts appearing here lately despite my earlier vow to move this blog away from politics and toward things that actually add meaning to life. Perhaps it is rationalization but I don’t necessarily view the recent increase as inconsistent. Why? Because as the father […] Something that always bothers me about the abortion debate is the tendency to cast it in black and white terms. Proponents of South Dakota’s new abortion law seem to think abortion is used only for birth control. Opponents tend to focus on rape and incest and the desirability of letting the woman choose whether to […] A Slate satirist provides us with a copy of the new Bill of Rights. Please don’t let the South Dakota Legislature see this. It might get ideas. Can any of you seriously say the Bill of Rights could get through Congress today? It wouldn’t even get out of committee. F. Lee Bailey, Newsweek, April […] I’m pausing on abortion, J.A.I.L. and similar posts to catch up on a few miscellaneous items from the last several days: First, a prior Marginalia update: AlterNet has posted an excerpt from the Center for Constitutional Right’s book, Articles of Impeachment Against George W. Bush. (Via Blog of a Bookslut). E.L. Doctorow’s The March, a […] |
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