The evolution of Mars, by DarkSyde Forty years of increased productivity = lower wages, by Mark E Andersen The 50-state strategy revisited: Was it the key to Obama's victory in 2008, by Steve Singiser The other victims of domestic violence, by Susan Grigsby Republicans and Democrats unite in the civil rights battle for health care in North Carolina, by Denise Oliver Velez Corporate criminals cheat because they don't fear jail time. That must change. Now, by Ian Reifowitz We collectively are answerable for the demise of the America we thought we had, by Egberto Willies
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) tried to brush off questions about Planned Parenthood funding during her Thursday press briefing. But when a male reporter continued by asking her "what species" a human fetus is, Pelosi decided to acknowledge his grandstanding. “I don't know who you are, and you're welcome to be here, freedom of this press. I am a devout, practicing Catholic, a mother of five children,” Pelosi said. “When my baby was born — my fifth child — my oldest child was 6 years old. I think I know more about this subject than you, with all due respect. And I do not intend to respond to your questions, which have no basis in what public policy is that we do here."
A group opposed to Sen. David Vitter's (R-LA) gubernatorial bid will begin running a TV ad on Thursday that includes a not-so-subtle reference to Vitter's prostitution scandal. The ad from the anti-Vitter Gumbo PAC closes with the camera panning to a crying baby wearing a diaper, noting that it "would be a crying shame for Louisiana" if Vitter were elected governor. One of the tantalizing yet unconfirmed sub-plots of Vitter's prostitution scandal was a diaper fetish.
Members of a mostly African American book club, booted from the Napa Valley Wine Train in August after they were accused of being loud and boisterous, sued the train’s owners for racial discrimination Thursday, charging they were humiliated in front of other passengers and defamed on social media. [...] “Blacks are still being treated differently in America,” attorney Waukeen McCoy said at a news conference announcing the lawsuit, filed in federal court in San Francisco. It seeks $11 million in damages, $1 million for each of the plaintiffs — 10 African Americans and one white woman.