January 9, 2010
Weekly Reader: Teabaggers, Sherlock Holmes, & a Catholic Rebel
Filed by Bil Browning | January 09, 2010 6:00 PM |The first week back after the holidays is always the hardest, isn't it? Everyone is struggling to get back into the swing of things at school, work, or around the house as we clean up after hosting a bazillion family...Read More
First gay sex scene on daytime TV
Filed by Alex Blaze | January 09, 2010 4:00 PM |Via Feministing, here's the first gay male sex scene on daytime TV, from One Life to Live. It's really cheesy with a cut to the candles just when it's getting fun, but, hey, that's the medium. Plus they get fireworks...Read More
The African Christian Church In America: Spiritual War
Filed by Betty Greene Salwak | January 09, 2010 2:00 PM |Dana Roberts, professor at the Boston School of Theology, was interviewed recently for PBS' Religion & Ethics Newsweekly. She addressed the sharp rise in recent years of the new African Christian church, a result of Nigerian missionaries coming to the...Read More
Julie & Julia and Mike (and me)
Filed by Phil Reese | January 09, 2010 12:00 PM |Let me tell you about the best duck of my life. That wasn't a typo, I really am going to talk about food today. I rarely mention my boyfriend, Mikey, on here (mostly because I feel like it would deter...Read More
Oil Tears
Filed by Sara Whitman | January 09, 2010 10:00 AM |Boat, the woman said to her small toddler she was holding. See that? It's a boat... I've been to many war memorials, having grown up with two great aunts who were members of the Daughters of the Confederacy and lived...Read More
The blatant lesson of Avatar
Filed by Ed Team | January 09, 2010 7:30 AM |"The more blatant lesson of Avatar is not that American imperialism is bad, but that in fact it's necessary. Sure there are some bad Americans--the ones with tanks ready to mercilessly kill the Na'vi population, but Jake is set up...Read More
Ann Coulter: Terrorists with bombs in their foreskin
Filed by Bil Browning | January 09, 2010 7:00 AM |How often does Ann Coulter agree with the ACLU? Of course, since it's Ann, she has to talk about terrorists shoving bombs in their foreskins and up their ass. ("An anus is a good hiding spot!") Like many of...Read More
