Michael Matthew Bloomer, July 30, 2013, reporting from Charlotte, North Carolina which I mistakenly believed was the state’s capitol. “I would have vetoed [the original House-passed bill,] HB 695 because it was clearly designed...
After Winning His Battle With North Carolina Legislature For Motorcycle Safety Law, Governor Pat McCrory Will Sign, Noncontroversial Motorcycle-Related Abortion Restrictions Included
Media reports often alert us of a Republican effort to “chip away” at abortion rights. That “chip away” metaphor cannot survive the facts, particularly at the state level wherever the GOP controls the legislature and governorship. As the Guttmacher Institute reports cited above reveal, in those
Long before Mitt Romney was the 2012 GOP candidate, Republicans heard everywhere that their message on many women’s issues was a bit off key. Outside Shadow Land where they live, others went a bit...
This afternoon the House approved a bill reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), HR 4970 [watch debate]. The House bill did not include Senate language that extended coverage under VAWA in a variety...
Doubts About Scouts. Suspicions about the true nature of Girl Scouts USA (GSUSA) have been ongoing for some years now, particularly by the Family Research Council. Although some Americans still harbor the belief that...
The consequence of having few consistent policy positions sometimes leads to holding utterly opposite opinions on the same issue. As we know, such is Mitt Romney on “working mothers.” He went nuclear after Hilary...
Earlier today Idaho’s KTVB.com reported that the controversial forced ultrasound bill, SB 1387, passed yesterday by the Idaho Senate, was likely going nowhere fast in the House: “Idaho’s legislature is stalled on what could...
This morning, on her eponymous MSNBC show, Melissa Harris-Perry led a discussion based upon a Texas Observer story, ‘We Have No Choice’: One Woman’s Ordeal with Texas’ New Sonogram Law. The author, Carolyn Jones,...
