Cross-posted at the dramatically consistent Francis L. Holland Blog. Great news! Lawrence H. Summers, the Harvard University president who in 2005 attributed women's lack of tenured professorships in academia to innate sex differences, and who then somehow went on to become a chief economics advisor to President Obama, is leaving

Cross-posted at the Francis L. Holland Blog. It's ironic that when the Pope apologizes for Catholic priests' sexual assaults on children and adults, as he did yesterday in London, the Pope calls these sex crimes “the unspeakable.” One of the most damaging aspects of these sex crimes by priests is

Cross-posted at the Truth About Kos blog. All too many people believe the quite literally incredible rags to riches story that Markos Moulitsas told, e.g. La Prensa Gráfica, about how he became super rich. The following quote is a translation from Spanish of the last paragraph of the article whose

Cross-posted at the Francis L. Holland blog. “The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Human Genome Program says, The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Human Genome Program devoted 3% of its annual Human Genome Project (HGP) budget toward studying the ethical, legal, and social issues (ELSI) surrounding the availability of genetic

Cross-listed at Brazil with Pleasure.   Desfile dos Gay em Rio de Janeiro/ 14th Annual  Gay Pride Parade  in Rio de Janeiro to Draw Millions on October 10, 2010. Acabo de descubrir um site muito cheio de informações sobre o desfile dos gay em Rio de Janeiro que vai ser

As a heterosexual living in Brazil, I'd like to note some of the differences I've observed in terms of how gays are treated in the US and in Brazil.  Maybe some who now live in the US will decide to visit Brazil and perhaps even retire here. 1). On October

As part of a new effort to live mentally, emotionally and physically where my body is–in Brazil–I have started a blog called “Brazil with Pleasure” in Portuguese, and I'm posting to that blog.  Eventually, I hope to express myself there as much as I do here, and more. Like many

Gay Kos Greek Mecca Of course, I feel gratified when visitors read the Truth About Kos blog  and are able to find the answers to questions and doubts that may have been nagging them for days, weeks or years with respect to Markos C. Alberto Moulitsas Zúñiga (MAMZ) and his

Like West Virginia Senator Robert Bird, who once was a member of the Klu Klux Klan, but later came within the fold of current mainstream politics, Markos C. Alberto Moulitsas Zúñiga (MAMZ) once opposed ALL participation by gays in the US Military and ridiculed President Clinton for attempting to write

Woman Disables Device That Automatically Puts Toilet Seat Down This evening I made a device that automatically puts the toilet seat down after the toilet has been used by a man, with the toilet seat up.  I showed it to my wife and she showed no enthusiasm whatsoever.  First she