Spreadin’ Love

Constant negative buzz surrounds Autism Speaks.

I want to write a post about marriage at some point. But in the meantime, read Elizabeth and Amanda Marcotte for the pros and the cons.

There were some wonderful blog posts on Richard Rorty last week, including this one by Russell Arben Fox. I first heard about Rorty, when my brother took his class at University of Virginia in the late 80s. My brother and his friend, Silber, were in such awe of the man that they would perch in high trees and watch him cross the campus.

I was horrified about the stories about the slave labor in brick kilns in China. Stories about child abduction take on new meaning after you become a parent. Sam Crane writes, "But I wonder if the political fall out of the continuing stream of these sorts of stories will also be
unprecedented: a move toward electoral democracy as a means of
political accountability."

Are we sick of Fred Thompson, yet?

Lisa Belkin writes about family meal time guilt.