I’m Not Okay with Chris Brown Performing at the Grammys and I’m Not Sure Why You Are. Editor’s note: Today (May 5th) is Chris Brown’s birthday.
African Cave Yields Evidence of a Prehistoric Paint Factory. Iowa Couple Married 72 Years Dies Holding Hands, an Hour Apart. A devoted Iowa couple married for 72 years died holding hands in the hospital last week, exactly one hour apart.
The passing reflected the nature of their marriage, where, "As a rule, everything was done together," said the couple's daughter Donna Sheets, 71. Gordon Yeager, 94, and his wife Norma, 90, left their small town of State Center, Iowa, on Wednesday to go into town, but never made it. A car accident sent the couple to the emergency room and intensive care unit with broken bones and other injuries. But, even in the hospital, their concerns were each other. "She was saying her chest hurt and what's wrong with Dad? When it became clear that their conditions were not improving, the couple was moved into a room together in beds side-by-side where they could hold hands.
"They joined hands; his right hand, her left hand," Sheets said. In Oral History, Jacqueline Kennedy Speaks Candidly After the Assassination. Wisconsin GOP Goes After Equal Pay for Equal Work. Late in the evening, on February 22, the Wisconsin Legislature turned back the clock gutting key provisions of Wisconsin's Equal Pay Enforcement Act (Act 20).
Rep. Chris Taylor (D-Madison), a long time women's rights advocate lamented: "It's like we're going back to 1912. We are fighting the same fight our mothers fought, just to be treated equally. " Senate Bill 202, authored by Senator Glenn Grothman (R-West Bend), passed on a party line vote. According to the Wisconsin Alliance for Women's Health, Act 20 sought "to secure equal pay for the thousands of working families who are denied fair pay due to wage discrimination based on race and gender. " Grothman argued that Act 20 "created a lengthy, complex, and unnecessary new set of procedures that put Wisconsin businesses at greater risk for frivolous lawsuits. " Panic in Paradise. Anxiety: We worry.
A gallery of contributors count the ways. Even Critics of Safety Net Increasingly Depend on It. Navigating Love and Autism. The Wrong Inequality. My Trip to Madison: Bikes, Brews, Burgers and a B&B. Slide Show What a great idea — if only I had thought of it: take a trip to Madison, Wis.; stay in a cozy bed- and-breakfast; get around by bike; test out burgers, brats, cheese curds and microbrews; and look for some booze to bring back home.
Janet Mock: It Happened to Me: I Told My Boyfriend I Was Born a Boy. This essay originally appeared on xoJane.com, Jane Pratt's new website where you can admit to anything -- no judgement.
When I was a kid I had a series of dreams that involved Immature. You know, that baby boy band starring Roger from Sister, Sister? Anyway, my dreams usually involved group member LDB (Little Drummer Boy) singing "Never Lie" to me in the tree that stood in front of my window. Smithsonian Sunken Treasure Show Poses Ethics Questions. Notes From a Dragon Mom. Ban Birth Control? They Wouldn't Dare... Wake up, sleepyheads: the antichoicers are coming for contraception.
First they came for abortion, but I didn’t care because abortion was for sluts. Then they came for sex ed, but I didn’t care because the kids can learn all they need to know at home. Then they came for birth control, but… Wait a minute! Birth control? They’re coming for birth control? About the Author. No Surprise for Bisexual Men - Report Indicates They Exist. John Nichols: Walker tries to lie his way out of political mess he’s made. Wisconsin Gov.
Scott Walker’s flight to last week’s National Governors Association meeting in Salt Lake City got canceled, and he ended up sleeping on the floor of the Denver airport. That may turn out to be the highlight of Walker’s July. On Tuesday, July 12, “real” Democrats won all six primary elections to choose challengers to six Republican state senators who had backed Walker’s agenda of attacking unions, undermining the authority of local governments and school boards, selling off state assets to friendly corporations, and cutting more than $1.5 billion in funding for schools and local services. The Republicans were so scared of the recall challenges to the Walker-allied senators that they ran “fake” Democrats — Republican activists posing as Democrats — in the primaries.
The GOP ginned up last-minute stealth campaigns to try to beat the real Democrats. That was a bad Tuesday for the governor. The first clear test of the recall season, a race between Democratic Sen. Republicans Against Science. To see what Mr.
Huntsman means, consider recent statements by the two men who actually are serious contenders for the G.O.P. nomination: Rick Perry and Mitt Romney. Mr.