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Great piece at WSJ about a new book on inner-city motherhood. Link [http://www.opinionjournal.com/la/?id=110006699]. Excerpts: > Ms. Edin and Ms. Kefalas decisively rescue the young welfare mother from the policy wonks and feminist professors who have held her hostage until recently, and in so doing

It's been one year since Massachusetts ushered in gay marriage. The LA Times has a fairly lengthy article on its effects, including galvanizing the rest of America against it. Link [http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-anniversary17may17,0,413176.story?coll=la-home-headlines] . Here's one excerpt

> The American Civil Liberties Union filed suit yesterday against the Department of Health and Human Services, accusing the Bush administration of spending federal tax dollars on an abstinence education program that promotes Christianity. Link. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/16/AR2005051601224.html] Consistent with special

At first we thought, "This isn't good," but then we thought about it some more and figured, "Hey, if it helps problem drinkers continue to drink without killing themselves or others, it's a good thing." Excerpts: > Heavy drinkers who tried the

New underwear is a constitutional right! Link [http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0516051briefs1.html?link=rssfeed]. Excerpt: > A Tennessee youth detention facility that provides female inmates with previously worn--and allegedly stained--underwear has triggered legal complaints by a pair of teenagers who have spent time in the Knoxville lockup.

Professor Bainbridge points out that states could still ban all Internet wine sales, in which case the law would not discriminate against other states and would be upheld. Link [http://www.professorbainbridge.com/2005/05/supreme_court_s.html]. Excerpt: > Indeed, it's not at all certain that

Here's a story about a freaky belief in Zanzibar: fear of the prison-sadist-like Popo Bawa. Link [http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=2005-05-16T011620Z_01_DIT604532_RTRIDST_0_OUKOE-TANZANIA-MONSTER.XML] . Excerpts: > Although no one ever has seen it, belief in the monster

. . . and tolerance becomes intolerance. David French on (in)tolerance in higher academia: > Universities say it's people like me, red staters who grew up in middle-class suburbs, who need their views challenged. In my experience, the exact reverse is true. I went to a Christian undergraduate school and

> Wine lovers may buy directly from out-of-state vineyards, the Supreme Court ruled Monday, striking down laws banning a practice that has flourished because of the Internet and growing popularity of winery tours. > The 5-4 decision overturns laws in New York and Michigan, which supporters said were aimed at

Frustrated Romanian women forced a 24-hour shop to close because its cheap booze was making their men impotent. Link [http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1397328.html]. Must be a difference in culture. Lots of wives over here would order that booze by the case.