August, 2007
Jesus, these things are messy.
It’s not about legalizing rape so much as declaring it a metaphysical impossibility
This woman-shaped piece of meat has made the crucial mistake of reporting her rape. She will be punished. Here’s an interesting change. After all these stories of women being prosecuted or threatened with legal action for pressing rape charges, today we have a story of a woman being prosecuted for not pressing rape charges. You [...]
Forced electroshock: what’s good for the goose is totally unacceptable for the gander
Remember the Simone D. story? There’s been a disturbing twist. Another patient in New York, this one a man by the name of John Kelly, has also waged a battle this summer to be spared forced electroshock treatment. Neither John Kelly nor Simone D. has been helped by ECT; both feel that they have been [...]
Why not call it anti-feminist?
From a review of a new movie about Jane Austen, wherein the author is taught to write by a guy who in real life she actually saw three times: “The idea that Tom Lefroy sparked Jane’s brilliance is totally foolish,” says Deirdre Le Faye, author of “Jane Austen: A Family Record.” “She came from a [...]
The Power of Misdirection, or what Sai Baba has to do with an ESP test
I’ve been reading about Sai Baba, an Indian conjuror who has spent the past 60-some years persuading people that he is God Incarnate. He does this, first of all, by saying he’s God Incarnate, which right there is a startlingly effective technique, as the global history of religion amply demonstrates. But his second trick is [...]
