Friday, May 29, 2009

How not to write

Here is an article from USA Today that attempts, I think, to be supportive of homeschooling. The piece is so disjointed and poorly written, and so full of typos and flawed leaps of logic, that I am far less excited than I might otherwise be about its ostensible pro-homeschooling slant.

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Medicinal marijuana and children

In DoubleX's "debut," a mother writes about why she gives her son marijuana. "Sometimes, you just have to go with your gut."

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Taking on Jenny McCarthy

Oprah Winfrey gives Jenny McCarthy a pulpit from which she can air her views on vaccines. Arthur Allen, among other people, is not happy about this.