Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Tuesday morning roundup

The generation gap over immigration is trickier to explain when one's parents are immigrants, but trying to find rationality behind any of my mom's political opinions only makes my head hurt. But yes, shut the f* up and stop whining about having to "press 1 for English." If that's the kind of thing that ruins your day, you have bigger issues.

It's not news that Russia has made a sport--local and national--out of hunting journalists, but how widely and strategically it's practiced is noteworthy.

The Post points out that the oil rig workers who died in the Gulf and their families have been largely ignored.

Also not news: the District's lack of voting representation in Congress. But framed in Petula Dvorak's perspective, it's even more galling.

Especially in light of people's attempts to reframe pro-choice as anti-women, it's important to leverage language to get your political points across.

How Texas' governor and tea party candidate puts taxpayers' money where his mouth isn't.

For the gazillionth time, bottled water is no safer than tap.

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