the presser, the cutter, the wringer, the mangle, the needle, the union, the treadle, the bobbin, the bosses — Katherine Weber, “Triangle Oratorio”, from her novel Triangle (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006.)...
Read MoreLast night someone, I think it was here, was looking for a topographical map of Lebanon. This morning I found the great online map resource guide put together by some government documents librarians in Texas. (I really should...
Read MoreI was really bugged by George Stephanopolous talking about how politically polarized we are in the U.S. Catnip mentioned it in PsiFighter’s Obama diary, and provided a link to the 20/20 video Our Country Divided. Did...
Read MoreSex education has been an issue for me recently and it bears directly on the issue of the right wing’s war against women. I’d like to ask the opinion of the smart women and men here. There’s an excellent diary...
Read MoreA: The San Francisco Bay Area! We here in the Bay Area live a bubble of diverse, open-minded liberalism. I don’t think there’s a Republican parent at my daughter’s school. So this morning’s “Two...
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