Supreme Court Ruling on School Strip Searches – And What It Means
Posted on Thursday, June 25th, 2009
The Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that schools cannot strip search students, with Clarence Thomas as the lone dissenter. In the case, a 13 year old was accused of having ibuprofen by an ex-friend. [...]
continue readingPlan B for 17 year olds: Risky?
Posted on Friday, May 1st, 2009
Mike Galanos wrote an opinion piece for the CNN asserting that Plan B is risky for 17 year olds. His argument, however, doesn’t hold water. Let’s take a look at it, bit by [...]
continue readingStrip Search at School: Was it assault?
Posted on Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
I often debate as to whether this blog should be strictly tech-based, but then I read these articles that, well, get to me. To change the statistic that 25% of women are sexually assaulted, [...]
continue readingA Googly Peek into Racism
Posted on Thursday, October 30th, 2008
Racism is rampant. Maybe this election has made people less racist, maybe it hasn’t. At the very least, I hope that it has made people realize that, yes, racism is still very [...]
continue readingTime Calls Rape Case "Sexy and Surreal"
Posted on Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
McKinney, charged with kidnapping and rape over thirty years ago, has recently emerged. Time Magazine tells us that in the winter of 1977, McKinney and a friend kidnapped a Mormon missionary by the name [...]
continue readingA Creationist Explains the Male Sex Drive
Posted on Monday, August 11th, 2008
A creationist explains why men have higher sex drives than women:
I believe God, in order to make certain that the human race would continue on, made sex one of most powerful desires known to mankind. [...]
Albanian Sworn Virgins
Posted on Thursday, June 26th, 2008
Fascinating. An Albanian custom permits women to take an oath of virginity and live their life as men. The gender-swapping custom has its roots in gender inequality: it provided a patriarch for families [...]
continue readingFather-Daughter Purity Balls
Posted on Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
Eww. Father-Daughter Purity Ball [tip: get a login / password from bugmenot.com].
The girls, ages early grade school to college, had come with their fathers, stepfathers and future fathers-in-law last Friday night to the ninth [...]
continue readingPlanned Parenthood of VA Losing State Funding
Posted on Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
The Virginia Senate recently voted to cut off state funding for Planned Parenthood because it offers abortions. Ironically, Planned Parenthood probably does more to prevent abortions than almost any other organization in the country. [...]
continue readingAbstinence-Only Driver’s Ed
Posted on Friday, February 22nd, 2008
On Abstinence-Only Driver’s Ed (parody):
ABSTINENCE-ONLY DRIVER’S ED.BY SUZANNE KLEID
- – – -
Thanks for making it out on a rainy Saturday, kids. Slippery out there, huh? Let’s get started. We’re gonna have some fun today!
Car accidents [...]