Entries for April 2007
MIT Must Keep Focus on Gender Diversity
The resignation in disgrace of Marilee Jones, Massachusetts Institute of Technology's admissions director, is a tragedy for several reasons not widely reported elsewhere.
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More Fodder in the Equal Pay and Opt-Out Wars
Two reports out this week are sure to fire up the debate over the gender pay gap and whether women still face real discrimination in the workforce or are making personal choices that lower their pay when compared with that of men.
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Islamic Women Fare Better Under Dictators
Bizarre as it may sound, women sometimes fare better under Middle Eastern dictators than under so-called democratic regimes in the region.
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Thoughts on the Late-Term Abortion Ruling
Several points on the impact of the Supreme Court's momentous late-term abortion decision. In the 5-to-4 Carhart decision handed down two days ago, the court's new conservative majority declared a certain late-term abortion procedure illegal even though it has no exception for the "health of the mother."
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The Legacy of the Va. Tech Massacre
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a California Democrat, said the handgun massacre at Virginia Tech should spur a dormant national debate about what she calls common-sense gun control laws. One can hope. But the only thing that distinguishes the mass murder in Blacksburg from what feels like an almost daily onslaught of news reports about single, double, and even triple murders by criminals or mentally unbalanced citizens with firearms is the magnitude of the death toll. And so far even that has failed to ignite such a debate.
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The Search for Cruelty-Free Medical Research
I have seen the future of biotechnology and it is an animal-cruelty-free era. Over the weekend, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) gave its Henry J. Heimlich Award (he of the famed Heimlich maneuver) for Innovative Medicine to a researcher who spearheaded use of human tissue for drug testing and medical research.
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Imus Firing Surprising, but Only a First Step
I must admit I'm shocked both CBS Radio and MSNBC have fired Don Imus. Not that his reference to the Rutgers University women's basketball team in degrading terms wasn't reprehensible. But I believed down to my last axion and dendrite the networks would hang onto him as long as he made them money.
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About Bonnie Erbe
Bonnie Erbe has covered Washington politics since God was a baby. Because of that, and the fact that she's a native New Yorker, nothing much surprises her anymore. She has covered Congress, the Supreme Court, the Justice Department, and occasionally the White House for radio and television networks. She also hosts PBS's weekly news analysis program, To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe, and writes a weekly syndicated newspaper column for Scripps Howard News Service. To the Contrary will allow you to lift the curtain of partisanship for a refreshingly non-partisan perspective on politics, the environment, religion, and issues that affect the lives of women, families, and communities of color.advertisement
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