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Is this sexual harassment?

Ok I have a female friend and I noticed how her mother is always touching her and spanking her kinda like a pervert would do and how she follows her to the bathroom. Is this serious? by the way, my...

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i don't like if i assert my self that i can to do something

Cost Estimates for Federal Student Loans

In an ongoing debate about the relative costs of the federal government’s direct and guaranteed student loan programs, some budget experts and private lenders have argued for the use of “market cost”...

The Fractured French Right Fractures Further

The French patriotic Right has always had trouble unifying into one strong voice that speaks for French interests. Jean-Marie Le Pen, the leader of the Front National, destroyed his own chances...

Making the fallacy of false dilemma pay

David Brooks gives us an example today. He entitles his piece "Revolt of the Nihilists" and thus presents us with a false dilemma. You are either with us (for the bailout) or against us. And if...

Hank Paulson’s Resignation Should Be a Bailout Precondition

Paulson can assert that he can be independent in fact all day long, but his lack of independence in appearance, and attitude, is obvious. Many of the provisions in what Paulson originally proposed...

Palin Comparison

If you’ve hung around these precincts long enough you will know that I’ve had, and taken, many opportunities to poke fun at SLATE’s legal style writer, fellow Charlottesvillian Dahlia Lithwick who,...

Poll Tacks

Since I’ve waited a few days to discuss it, by now most of you are probably already familiar with the new AP/Yahoo poll on the role race is likely to play in the election. The gist of it, and the...

Refuting the Distortion and Lies Told About My Stand on Sarah Palin and the Right to Abortion

Most of the criticism against my blog post defending the morality of abortion and questioning Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin's choice to knowingly give birth to a child afflicted with Down's...

When Is a Tax Not a Tax?

More specifically, when can someone collect a tax but refuse to turn some of the collected tax over to the taxing authority? Not surprisingly, the answer is that it depends. There exist statutes...

BJP:Down and Out!

There was a time when the BJP had a very capable second line of leadership.Arun Jaitley,Pramod Mahajan,V.Naidu,Uma Bharti,Sushma Swaraj and Ananth Kumar were the most prominent among them.But except...

David Brooks, National Spokesman for "Americans"

(updated below - updated again)One of the most common tactics among pundits of all types, but particularly Bush-supporting and pro-war pundits, is to take whatever their own personal opinion happens...