For all those pharmacists and nurses and doctors out there who think that they ought to be able to have a conscience clause regarding abortion? To the point of not even referring patients to willing medical practitioners?
What do you think about the idea that a pacifist should be able to join the military and expect to draw a pay check and advance in rank while exercising a conscience clause with respect to weapons that kill people?
Did you all know about this, and just not tell me? Seaworld dolphins blowing bubble rings with their blowholes, and playing with them! And teaching each other how to do it! This has made my day. Or maybe my week…. Read More ›
I’d just like to take a moment to excerpt an MDA magazine interview with Dr Christine Boyce, who was awarded GP of the Year 2008. Dublin-trained, Boyce practises in Tasmania. She has specific interests in teaching and in adolescent and… Read More ›
Just look at them, they go all the way up to her shoulders. Apparently, Michelle Obama appearing in a sleeveless dress for her official portrait has got conservative American up in arms (ha! see what I did there). I mean really, she’s young, she has lovely arms why shouldn’t she show them off? Why does showing her arms make her the target of conservatives accusing her of impropriety*? What is wrong with arms?
A number of people have contacted me wondering whether I’m going to say something about the Atlantic Monthly article. I think it’s had way too much oxygen already, and I really don’t want to devote hours or days of my… Read More ›
Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed Tuesday round-up March 25, 2009 – from the F-word blog Carnival of Space #95 March 24, 2009 Fox News Producers Stalk and Harass Amanda Terkel. March 25, 2009 – more linkjuice… Read More ›
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