SUGARTITS; being a supplement to yesterday’s post, for the edification and moral instruction of young men and women concerned about the equity of their gender roles A couple weeks ago, the New York Times came out with this article about the distribution of labor within American marriages, which reached the top of their “most-emailed” list. And guess what? According to the author of the piece, Lisa Belkin, things aren’t equal.
July 1, 2008
July 1, 2008
Theocrateaser [Dan Collins]
Reaching out to evangelical voters, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is announcing plans to expand President Bush’s program steering federal social service dollars to religious groups and  in a move sure to cause controversy  support some ability to hire and fire based on faith. At the same time, he’ll be privately reassuring the nutroots that he means no such thing. Karl’s post just below is also germane to
July 1, 2008
Hugo Chávez may have an opening for Rev. Wright [Karl]
Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez is allegedly funding his own church with that CITGO money.  The newly-forming Reform Catholic Venezuelan Church puts its emphasis on reform: For example, reformists consider that ”homosexuality and bisexuality are not sins in and of themselves.” Divorce is allowed and priests do not take vows of chastity. *** ”We completely support the socialist project led by Chávez,” said Enrique Albornoz, one of the new church’s first bishops — a group that is
July 1, 2008
Barack between Iraq and a hard place (or two) [Karl]
The New Yorker’s George Packer (seconded by TNR’s Michael Crowley) write that the past year’s progress in Iraq will not only require Barack Obama to change his position on promptly withdrawing troops, but also give him the political cover to do so. Packer writes: His supporters claim that the polls are with Obama, that war fatigue will make Iraq a political winner for him in November. Yet, as exhausted as