2010 08/07

The Danger of Losing the Semantics War

If Frank Luntz has taught us anything, how you phrase an argument is more important than the actual argument. “Global warming” is now “climate change.” The “estate tax” is now the “death tax.” Think of popular buzzwords today: sustainable, social justice, rights, etc. All of these are now politically charged words. Those changes make policy [...]

2010 08/06

Feministing Takes the Classy Approach with Rush

Given the news over Rush Limbaugh’s wedding, an angst-filled post was expected from those women of depth over at Feministing. What surprised me was the ageist angle that the gals took. We definitely need to worry about protecting the sanctity of straight marriage–otherwise how could family values men like Rush Limbaugh get married four times, [...]

2010 02/06

Is this sexist?

Asylum, which appears to be a site geared towards guys under 35, has an article about interpreting a woman’s flirting body language. Feministing highlights it, and calls it “the most ridiculous, over-hyped piece of sexist schlock.” Is it over-hyped sexism? You be the judge. While the author could have used better semantics in describing the [...]

2010 17/04

Taking on the Lefty Gals

Unfortunately, I spend a lot of time writing posts against Feministing. As a commenter Brando said the other day, “as for Feministing, the excerpt you posted is typical of their sputtering vitriol and merits no comment. They’re too busy seething with hatred to let a rational thought enter their heads.” What an accurate description! However, [...]

2010 16/03

A Prolife Rebellion

Last week, Gallup released a poll showing that younger Americans (18-29) are more pro-life than their parents. This is particularly interesting since 18-29 year-olds only represents about half of the Millenial generation, yet we are trending more conservative than our parents did on this issue. This could be a reflection of society growing more pro-life, [...]

2010 15/03

Is the Universe Off-Balance?

The universe must be off-balanced today. Slates’ Double X actually published a post that attacked Nancy Pelosi and linked to a Mary Katherine Ham piece at the Weekly Standard. I thought they had some type of rule that banned all conservative women in order to pretend that we don’t exist.  Then, I read two other [...]

2010 11/03

Abortion Insurance?

I know that much of the health care debate has surrounded the government funding of abortion, and we all know where I fall on that debate. However, I had not read how the Senate bill would implement the policy until I read this Washington Times article: The groups are divided over whether the Senate bill [...]

2010 21/02

Feminists Attack CPAC for Attracting…Women

Feminists are up in arms that CPAC attracts…WOMEN! Via Feministing and Broadsheet, I watched this video that the Daily Caller put together. Not only did it feature several of my former co-workers, but it was also silly. The premise was dumb, yet the women interviewed tried to explain why they were there. No where in [...]

2010 10/01

Feminism in the Boardroom

Recently, The Economist ran an article on the emergence of feminism within management theory: But some of today’s most influential feminists contend that women will never fulfill their potential if they play by men’s rules. According to Avivah Wittenberg-Cox and Alison Maitland, two of the most prominent exponents of this position, it is not enough [...]

2009 24/10

The Right to Dissent

While catching up on some blogs this weekend, I ran across Jessica Valenti’s post on her own wedding. Now, I could care less about her wedding and all the hullabaloo of a “feminist wedding.” I’ve gone on the record to state that I have zero respect for Valenti. I’ve read one of her books (I [...]

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