The right-wing obsession with trashing women never ceases to amaze me. Kathryn Jean Lopez’s write-up of Feministing blogger Jessica Valenti’s wedding is no exception (and of course, Ace of Spades follows up). Lopez titles the piece “You’ve Never Met a Bridezilla Like a Femini...

Really? Nickelodeon is standing by troubled singer Chris Brown, who has been charged with two felonies in the alleged beating of girlfriend Rihanna. In a statement to Usmagazine.com, the network said Brown, 19, will remain a Kids’ Choice Award nominee for favorite male singer and favorite song...

namaste! hundreds of tibetan-americans from around northern california converged this morning on san francisco to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1959 uprising that sent the dalai lama into exile and has symbolized tibetan resistance to chinese occupation ever since. "even though 50 years have gone...

So says the Catholic Church. (And what the heck is going on this week with the Church being publicly ridiculous in full force?). The article was printed at the weekend in l’Osservatore Romano, the semi-official Vatican newspaper, to mark international Women’s Day on Sunday. “What i...

Check out this headine: “N.Y. Catholics: Dems Trying to Bankrupt Church.” Sounds pretty bad, right? I mean, I’m not a huge fan of some of the Church hierarchy’s decisions, but I have no hate for the Church itself or the people who benefit from its services or the people who f...

When I read Paul McCord's excellent article on this topic, I knew I needed to share it with you. The first part details the unintended consequences that are happening due to micro-management, while the 2nd part shares strategies that work in today's business climate. I'm hearing more and...

Time for a ridiculous survey! (In other news, Franken is still not officially the Senator from the Great State of Ho-Hum-Whatever. Remember all the time we spent, obsessing over panic-inducing ridiculous surveys?) Anyway, according to CNN, there's a recent poll about religion, specifically, the ...

Yeah, screw you guys too. Thanks to Melinda and Kurry for the link....

Hey Neatoramanauts, I’m testing out a new section here, kinda like Stacy’s Movie Trivia -only for music. For the first one, I decided to do one of my all time favorite musicians, Iggy Pop, but I’d love some suggestions for future pieces. (Photo: Robert Scales [Flickr]) If you want ...

NAMBLA has put a hit out on New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. You would think that being a member of NAMBLA would max you out on the weirdo scale, but apparently there’s always room to grow....