Republicans these days are very, very deeply concerned about "wasteful government spending." House Minority Leader John Boehner [1]complained about wasteful spending in the stimulus. Congressman Mike Pence [2] of Indiana stated: "More big government spending ... won't cure wh...

Some good stuff from recent days, in no particular order. If you follow my FriendFeed or StumbleUpon profiles, you may have seen some of these already, but several things will be new. And as usual, there’s a ton of good stuff over at Our Bodies Our Blog. Renee of Womanist Musings at Global Com...

As recommended by the Church of England My teenage daughter once caught me at it, in  flagrante, late at night when I thought everyone else was in bed. She was appalled and ashamed. I would never do it in public. I am usually on-line when I do it, and always in the privacy of my own home. I keep pr...

The New York Times on February 10 reported the FDA has undertaken "an unusual crackdown" against Bayer, manufacturer of the birth control pill Yaz, forcing it to issue corrective ads for "overstat[ing] the drug's ability to improve women's moods and clear up acne, while playing down its potential he...

Sorry, Speaker Pelosi, the facts are NOT on your side. Babies are GOOD for the economy. Patrick Madrid , on his new blog, describes in vivid detail how the population is in a state of catastrophic decline, having seen the presentation on Demographic Winter. Celebrated columnist and pro-family leader...

From the Drudge Report: "Pelosi, the mother of 5 children and 6 grandchildren, who once said, 'Nothing in my life will ever, ever compare to being a mom,' seemed to imply babies are somehow a burden on the treasury. The revelation came during an exchange Sunday morning on ABC's THIS WEEK. STEPHANOPO...

This is bang-my-head-against-the-wall frustrating: House Democrats are likely to jettison family planning funds for the low-income from an $825 billion economic stimulus bill, officials said late Monday, following a personal appeal from President Barack Obama at a time the administration is courting...

UPDATE: Breaking News!!! The provision for contraception has been removed!! NBC News confirms that the president called Henry Waxman, the chairman of the committee that inserted the contraception provision into the stimulus during the mark up last week, to ask him to remove the measure from the bill...

{post updated - see below} Quite a development: House Democrats are likely to jettison family planning funds for the low-income from an $825 billion economic stimulus bill, officials said late Monday, following a personal appeal from President Barack Obama at a time the administration is courting Re...

Scooter’s Report - Satire WASHINGTON (SR) - Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi called for adding birth control funding to the new economic “stimulus” package, claiming “contraception will reduce costs to the states and to the federal government.” When asked how spending ...