Naomi Wolf had a small request: that Yale take sexual harassment seriously, or even say that they do. That’s not allowed, and plenty of right-wingers have some nasty things to say about Wolf to be sure the rule is enforced.
Archive for March 5th, 2004
The Trashing of Naomi Wolf: Old, Resentful, Ugly, and Asking For It
Posted in Culture on March 5, 2004 | 37 Comments »
Barn Door, Bush; Bush, Barn Door
Posted in Politics on March 5, 2004 | 6 Comments »
Why wasn’t this done two years ago? U.S. forces searching for al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden along the mountainous border between Pakistan and Afghanistan will soon implement high-tech surveillance tactics in the region, enabling them to monitor the area 24 hours a day, seven days a week, CNN has learned.
9/11 Ads — the low road
Posted in Politics on March 5, 2004 | 8 Comments »
What she said On October 12, 2000, the naval destroyer USS Cole was bombed in the port of Aden, resulting in the deaths of 17 American soldiers. Then-first lady Hillary Clinton was embroiled in what was at that moment an intense and close U.S. Senate election. The New York State Republican Party was financing sleazy [...]
This is National Security?
Posted in Politics on March 5, 2004 | 3 Comments »
This is an odd way to defend the country. According to this look at the budget, Bush has: Cut money for firefighters Cut money for police officers Not increased the number of Port Inspectors from its current level of less than one hundred Allowed the Department of Homeland Security to be a junior player in [...]
Plame GJ Subpoena's Air Force One Records
Posted in Politics on March 5, 2004 | Comments Off
This is interesting: The federal grand jury probing the leak of a covert CIA officer’s identity has subpoenaed records of Air Force One telephone calls in the week before the officer’s name was published in a column in July, according to documents obtained by Newsday. Also sought in the wide-ranging document requests contained in three [...]
Repubs Choose Spite over Kids
Posted in Politics on March 5, 2004 | 3 Comments »
This is just lovely: At least we knew over the past several months that children were being put on a waiting list. Under the new legislation, eligible youngsters who are denied enrollment in KidCare will not be put on a waiting list. There won’t be any waiting list. Robert Greenstein, director of the Center on [...]
Slow Job Growth
Posted in Economics on March 5, 2004 | 5 Comments »
Job Growth was much worse than expected: ob creation all but stalled in February, surprising forecasters and making life difficult for President Bush as he begins his re-election campaign. The economy added just 21,000 jobs last month, down sharply from January’s gain and far below the type of increase that was common in the 1980′s [...]
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