Anonymous Tip: A Private Conversation—Wait, What?!

It’s Thursday morning. Gwen was supposed to meet Peter at 9:00 at his office, but it’s 9:15 and she’s not there yet. No matter. The phone rings, and it’s the reporter, Morgan Howard, informing Peter that he lost the case. Apparently it came down the AP but no one told Peter about it and, as he complains to Joe after telling Morgan he’ll call him back after the reads the decision, the copy that will be mailed to them probably won’t arrive until Monday.

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WTF Is Even Happening

I can’t even with this election season. Evangelicals are falling all over themselves to defend Trump—he’s just a sinner like the rest of us, we’re informed—and I’m starting to forget which way is up and which way is down. Also, how did Trump think flat-out lying at Sunday’s debate would be a good idea? Did he honestly think that all of the women he’s sexually assaulted over the years would stay silent in the face of that?

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Will Marriage Equality End Parental Rights? Part 2

Last spring I dissected an article by Melissa Moschella, a philosophy professor at Catholic University of America. Moschella contended that the Obergefell decision was a threat to parents’ rights. In the piece I looked at, she asked to whom children belong. In a second article, which I put off analyzing at the time, she creates a defense of parental authority. I want to take some time to look at that second piece now.

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We Definitely Don’t Believe Women

Have you seen this article about the women accusing Trump of mistreatment? Have a look at this bit about Trump’s habit of kissing women without their consent: Taggart, the 21-year-old Miss Utah, was startled by how forward he was with young contestants like her in 1997, his first year as the owner of Miss USA, a [Read More…]

No, Happiness Is NOT a Moral Obligation

The irony, perhaps, is that I was initially slightly excited when I saw that Ladies Against Feminism (LAF) had posted a video arguing that happiness was a moral obligation. Could it be, I wondered, that LAF is actually going to acknowledge that individual happiness matters? So much of what is posted on the website is about duty and place (when happiness comes up it’s to de facto claim that women are happiest in the home). But then I watched the video.

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Trump’s Hypocritical Stance on Truth and Lying

Most political lies aren’t so easily fact-checked or so transparently obviously false. It’s bewildering that a candidate who so often dings his opponent with accusations of deception would prove to be so willing to lie so obviously. Whatever concerns people may have about the nature of Hillary’s relationship with truth, it has become increasingly obvious that Trump may not actually have a relationship with truth to begin with.

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What Trump’s Donate Page Says about His Silver Spoon

Trump may love dinging Hillary for her big donors, but he appears to have some pretty wild ideas about how much his supporters can afford to donate to his campaign—ideas that suggest he’s completely out of touch with the realities of the average American. Check out the difference between Hillary Clinton’s donate screen and Donald Trump’s donate screen.

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10 Kids Is Not in Fact Easier Than 2 Kids

I wrote last week about big families. In doing some research for that post, I came upon an article titled Top Ten Reasons to Have a Large Family, by Amy, a homeschool mom and the author of the Raising Arrows blog. I want to take a moment to address a few items from her list.

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Second Presidential Debate Open Thread

So. Let’s talk about it.

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Lesbian Duplex 89: An Open Thread

It’s time for another Lesbian Duplex thread! If you have a link or article or interesting thought that’s not relevant to an ongoing thread, you can share it here. If a conversation on another post has turned entirely off topic, you can bring it here also.

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