Sunday morning roundup

Jezebel calls out the mainstream media for conflating sexual assault with sex.

Killing may be a part of war, but that doesn't mean we should take it lightly. Here's a book on atrocities against civilians in Vietnam and another that's mostly about one soldier's story but touches on revenge killing.

MPD tries to cover its @ss, but don't buy its spin: the police made things worse for survivors.

Japan's school lunches are newsworthy.

I love this part of Steve Pearlstein's review of "After the Music Stopped," with regard to Binder's "affection for cliche":

There is an unwritten rule in the writing trade against quoting Bismarck on the making of laws and sausages, Dorothy on not being in Kansas anymore, Pogo on meeting the enemy and your grandmother saying, “Oy vey.” The same goes for expressions like “tooth and nail,” “with a vengeance” and “only time will tell.” Unfortunately, neither Blinder nor his editors seem to be aware of them.

When getting really drunk is detrimental to your junk.