From the daily archives: Tuesday, March 8, 2011

An Improving Economy Bad for Women, or a Conservative War on Women?

By Sandi Behrns On March 8, 2011  

Throughout the depths of the recession, there was much to be  said about the disproportionate effect on men’s employment. Women, typically lower paid, and in fields not as hard hit as male-dominated fields like manufacturing and construction, were doing pretty well in comparison. (If  ”doing pretty well” is defined as simply having a job.)

Ah, [...]

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Tweeting the Outrage

By Frederick Clarkson On March 8, 2011  

Twitter is ablaze with outrage over a tweet by Megyn Kelly the host of Fox’s “America Live.” Kelly wonders whether a woman who was beaten into a coma by a man in a dispute over a parking space “deserves it.”

Here is a news snippet about the assault:
Oscar Fuller was [...]

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Dirty Bombs, Despite Their Name, Not Sexy Enough

By Russ Wellen On March 8, 2011  

The threat of the dirty bomb is overshadowed by that of terrorists acquiring a nuclear weapons. A dirty bomb bears no resemblance whatsoever to a sex bomb.

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FactCheck.org Gets It Wrong When They Say Democrats Are Wrong on Social Security and the Deficit

By Kenneth Quinnell On March 8, 2011  

I’m writing a series of posts as a blogging fellow for the Strengthen Social Security Campaign, a coalition of more than 270 national and state organizations.

FactCheck.org gets it wrong on Social Security:

Here’s what they say:

Some senior Democrats are claiming that Social Security does not contribute “one penny” [...]

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