GQ has a new interview with Michael Steele, in which the embattled RNC chairman says that he is pro-choice: GQ: Are you saying you think women have the right to choose abortion? STEELE: Yeah. I mean, again, I think that’s an individual choice. […] GQ: Are you saying you don’t want to overt...

I have made no secrets that I find conservative columnist and pundit Cal Thomas particularly repugnant. What bothers me most about him is that conservatives pass the guy off as some kind of reasonable intellectual, and Cal, himself, often passes himself off as an elite conservative rather than the r...

I have opted to list just American women, merely as a way to limit it. It is NOT a list of THE 20 Women I Most Admire. Actually, it was the first 20 that came to mind. Abigail AdamsThe wife of the second U.S. president and mother of the sixth used her "intellect and lively wit" to prod progress for ...

Earlier this year, Sen. David Vitter (R-LA), who was named in the DC Madam prostitution scandal, co-sponsored the Marriage Protection Amendment, which would amend the Constitution to declare that marriage “shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman.â€� Now, “as he seeks to shore up...

Chechen leader imposes strict brand of Islam: Critics fear dictatorship in region where Russian laws will not apply Ramzan Kadyrov insists seven young women shot in the head and found alongside a road were the victims of Islamic honour killings for having loose morals, even though the facts and quit...

Sleeping Nude by Marcus Moura (Brazil) He raped me in the train on our wedding day. I was 13 years old. I'd met him face to face for the first time that day; we were on our way to the honeymoon in Basra. I started screaming I was so scared, but I stopped when he started hitting me... (Zahra) If you ...

So  Rihanna doesn’t know if she wants to pursue charges against Chris Brown for beating her up and is suffering from depression and conflicting emotions after watching the implosion of his career over the last few days. Hopefully her wavering demonstrates, for the world to see, how tough...

(Hat tip: Dr. Sanity) Learn More: 1. Wafa's famous "It's Not a Clash of Civilizations" Speech: 2. Her Interview with Frontpage:In my first interview on Al Jazeera I was asked why are you trying to be American more than Americans? I responded that I don't take my American freedom, for granted, as man...

According to the Daily News Rihanna may have been abused by Chris Brown in the past. If this report is indeed true it’s not surprising what it does show and I hope the message comes across loud and clear that women of every social background and every class and even those women who appear to h...

Last week on MSNBC’s Hardball, former Republican House majority leader Dick Armey became angry at Salon editor-in-chief Joan Walsh during a segment about Rush Limbaugh, remarking, “I’m so damn glad that you can never be my wife because I surely wouldn’t have to listen to that prattle...