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Sad and Anxious
Posted to
Dear Prudence
by
alath
on
November 20, 2008 Views: 1786 Replies: 3
Topic:
Sad and Anxious
Rating:
+1
Last response by
tnarladni
on
November 21, 2008
Re: I've been NRA for 2 decades...
Posted to
Press Box
by
alath
on
November 14, 2008 Views: 1 Replies: 1
Topic:
I am a first time gun owner
Last response by
sjpatejak
on
November 17, 2008
Re: Sarah Palin, Alaskan domestic swine.
Posted to
Politics
by
alath
on
November 6, 2008 Views: 13 Replies: 0
Topic:
Sarah Palin, Alaskan domestic swine.
Rating:
+2/-1
Last response by
Archarito
on
November 7, 2008
3-month honeymoon? I expect at least 4 years.
Posted to
Press Box
by
alath
on
November 5, 2008 Views: 141 Replies: 1
Topic:
3-month honeymoon? I expect at least 4 years.
Last response by
shwa
on
November 5, 2008
Weisberg beats up the straw man again
Posted to
The Big Idea
by
alath
on
October 19, 2008 Views: 276 Replies: 1
Topic:
Weisberg beats up the straw man again
Rating:
+1/-1
Last response by
libertyforall
on
October 22, 2008
Re: Black and White
Posted to
The Big Idea
by
alath
on
October 19, 2008 Views: 10 Replies: 1
Topic:
Weisberg beats up the straw man again
Rating:
+1/-1
Last response by
libertyforall
on
October 22, 2008
Re: OK what is
Posted to
The Big Idea
by
alath
on
October 19, 2008 Views: 11 Replies: 1
Topic:
Weisberg beats up the straw man again
Rating:
+1/-1
Last response by
libertyforall
on
October 22, 2008
Re: Ducking the question
Posted to
The Big Idea
by
alath
on
October 21, 2008 Views: 7 Replies: 1
Topic:
Weisberg beats up the straw man again
Rating:
+1/-1
Last response by
libertyforall
on
October 22, 2008
Re: Still ducking
Posted to
The Big Idea
by
alath
on
October 22, 2008 Views: 16 Replies: 1
Topic:
Weisberg beats up the straw man again
Rating:
+1/-1
Last response by
libertyforall
on
October 22, 2008
Re: Reading
Posted to
The Big Idea
by
alath
on
October 22, 2008 Views: 4 Replies: 1
Topic:
Weisberg beats up the straw man again
Rating:
+1/-1
Last response by
libertyforall
on
October 22, 2008
Re: Standards
Posted to
The Big Idea
by
alath
on
October 22, 2008 Views: 7 Replies: 0
Topic:
Weisberg beats up the straw man again
Rating:
+1/-1
Last response by
libertyforall
on
October 22, 2008
Re: Standards
Posted to
The Big Idea
by
alath
on
October 22, 2008 Views: 20 Replies: 2
Topic:
Weisberg beats up the straw man again
Rating:
+1/-1
Last response by
libertyforall
on
October 22, 2008
Re: Govn't is not inherently better than ordinary individuals.
Posted to
The Big Idea
by
alath
on
October 20, 2008 Views: 15 Replies: 1
Topic:
Govn't is not inherently better than ordinary individuals.
Last response by
bsharporflat
on
October 22, 2008
Re: Govn't is not inherently better than ordinary individuals.
Posted to
The Big Idea
by
alath
on
October 21, 2008 Views: 8 Replies: 0
Topic:
Govn't is not inherently better than ordinary individuals.
Last response by
bsharporflat
on
October 22, 2008
Re: Under Clinton
Posted to
The Big Idea
by
alath
on
October 19, 2008 Views: 20 Replies: 1
Topic:
Jacob Weisberg's Bizarro World
Rating:
+1
Last response by
degsme
on
October 22, 2008
Liberty vs. Anarchy
Posted to
The Big Idea
by
alath
on
October 21, 2008 Views: 6 Replies: 1
Topic:
Jacob Weisberg's Bizarro World
Rating:
+1
Last response by
degsme
on
October 22, 2008
Re: The problem with Libertanian philosophy...
Posted to
The Big Idea
by
alath
on
October 19, 2008 Views: 22 Replies: 1
Topic:
The problem with Libertanian philosophy...
Last response by
pthalomarie
on
October 20, 2008
Re: The problem with Libertanian philosophy...
Posted to
The Big Idea
by
alath
on
October 19, 2008 Views: 13 Replies: 0
Topic:
The problem with Libertanian philosophy...
Last response by
pthalomarie
on
October 20, 2008
Re: To Abort or Not To Abort?
Posted to
Dear Prudence
by
alath
on
October 4, 2008 Views: 51 Replies: 1
Topic:
To Abort or Not To Abort?
Rating:
-1
Last response by
burnsy09
on
October 14, 2008
Re: How about the big Bear
Posted to
Recycled
by
alath
on
September 25, 2008 Views: 61 Replies: 0
Topic:
How about the big Bear
Last response by
alath
on
September 25, 2008
Shafer writes as if this is unique to Palin
Posted to
Press Box
by
alath
on
September 14, 2008 Views: 173 Replies: 0
Topic:
Shafer writes as if this is unique to Palin
Last response by
alath
on
September 14, 2008
Re: I agree with Palin, to a point.
Posted to
Human Nature
by
alath
on
September 9, 2008 Views: 76 Replies: 1
Topic:
I agree with Palin, to a point.
Last response by
kaiso
on
September 12, 2008
Why Abortion in particular? Why only "maturing minors?"
Posted to
Human Nature
by
alath
on
September 8, 2008 Views: 256 Replies: 1
Topic:
Why Abortion in particular? Why only "maturing minors?"
Last response by
jazzguitarman
on
September 9, 2008
Re: Why Abortion in particular? Why only "maturing minors?"
Posted to
Human Nature
by
alath
on
September 9, 2008 Views: 55 Replies: 1
Topic:
Why Abortion in particular? Why only "maturing minors?"
Last response by
jazzguitarman
on
September 9, 2008
Re: Bristol's Body, Sarah's Choice
Posted to
Human Nature
by
alath
on
September 9, 2008 Views: 106 Replies: 0
Topic:
Bristol's Body, Sarah's Choice
Last response by
alath
on
September 9, 2008
Per Capita?
Posted to
Chatterbox
by
alath
on
September 4, 2008 Views: 448 Replies: 2
Topic:
Per Capita?
Rating:
-2
Last response by
Mark_RSM
on
September 5, 2008
Re: Per Capita?
Posted to
Chatterbox
by
alath
on
September 4, 2008 Views: 71 Replies: 0
Topic:
Per Capita?
Rating:
-2
Last response by
Mark_RSM
on
September 5, 2008
Re: Per Capita?
Posted to
Chatterbox
by
alath
on
September 4, 2008 Views: 87 Replies: 2
Topic:
Per Capita?
Rating:
-2
Last response by
Mark_RSM
on
September 5, 2008
Re: Insulting
Posted to
XX Factor
by
alath
on
August 30, 2008 Views: 59 Replies: 1
Topic:
Insulting
Last response by
Demcon
on
August 30, 2008
Re: Let's play the bad parent game
Posted to
XX Factor
by
alath
on
August 30, 2008 Views: 66 Replies: 1
Topic:
Let's play the bad parent game
Last response by
EML
on
August 30, 2008
Re: About time, I say!
Posted to
XX Factor Extra
by
alath
on
August 13, 2008 Views: 99 Replies: 0
Topic:
About time, I say!
Rating:
+2/-1
Last response by
Serai
on
August 15, 2008
Re: Losing the Abortion Argument
Posted to
XX Factor Extra
by
alath
on
August 13, 2008 Views: 88 Replies: 1
Topic:
Losing the Abortion Argument
Rating:
+2
Last response by
DirtyBird
on
August 14, 2008
Re: Zealots and Fools abound on this subject
Posted to
XX Factor Extra
by
alath
on
August 13, 2008 Views: 110 Replies: 0
Topic:
Zealots and Fools abound on this subject
Last response by
alath
on
August 13, 2008
Re: If we had an artificial womb....
Posted to
XX Factor Extra
by
alath
on
August 13, 2008 Views: 106 Replies: 0
Topic:
If we had an artificial womb....
Rating:
+1
Last response by
Scoot'r-d
on
August 13, 2008
Re: Safe, legal and rare
Posted to
XX Factor Extra
by
alath
on
August 13, 2008 Views: 105 Replies: 0
Topic:
Safe, legal and rare
Last response by
alath
on
August 13, 2008
Yet another oversimplification
Posted to
XX Factor Extra
by
alath
on
August 12, 2008 Views: 131 Replies: 2
Topic:
"Post-Abortion Syndrome"
Rating:
+3/-1
Last response by
Axon
on
August 13, 2008
Re: "Post-Abortion Syndrome"
Posted to
XX Factor Extra
by
alath
on
August 13, 2008 Views: 121 Replies: 1
Topic:
"Post-Abortion Syndrome"
Rating:
+3/-1
Last response by
Axon
on
August 13, 2008
Re: Yet another oversimplification
Posted to
XX Factor Extra
by
alath
on
August 13, 2008 Views: 144 Replies: 0
Topic:
"Post-Abortion Syndrome"
Rating:
+3/-1
Last response by
Axon
on
August 13, 2008
Re: Sounds like a job for the UN not the US
Posted to
War Stories
by
alath
on
August 11, 2008 Views: 151 Replies: 1
Topic:
Sounds like a job for the UN not the US
Last response by
MacAdvisor
on
August 12, 2008
one questionable assumption
Posted to
War Stories
by
alath
on
August 11, 2008 Views: 205 Replies: 2
Topic:
one questionable assumption
Last response by
C-Tips
on
August 12, 2008
Re: NOT in other countries!
Posted to
Faith-Based
by
alath
on
August 10, 2008 Views: 176 Replies: 1
Topic:
Missionaries are colonial anachronism
Last response by
konark_girl
on
August 11, 2008
Re: Poverty and Bring Poor
Posted to
The Undercover Economist
by
alath
on
July 26, 2008 Views: 357 Replies: 0
Topic:
Poverty and Bring Poor
Rating:
+2/-1
Last response by
genedio
on
August 8, 2008
Re: American Dilettantes
Posted to
Faith-Based
by
alath
on
August 7, 2008 Views: 93 Replies: 1
Topic:
American Dilettantes
Last response by
Lumpy_the_Great
on
August 8, 2008
Re: Please move there
Posted to
Faith-Based
by
alath
on
August 7, 2008 Views: 186 Replies: 1
Topic:
American Dilettantes
Last response by
Lumpy_the_Great
on
August 8, 2008
and by the way...
Posted to
Faith-Based
by
alath
on
August 8, 2008 Views: 223 Replies: 1
Topic:
American Dilettantes
Last response by
Lumpy_the_Great
on
August 8, 2008
This is why I just LOVE identity politics
Posted to
Chatterbox
by
alath
on
August 5, 2008 Views: 207 Replies: 1
Topic:
This is why I just LOVE identity politics
Rating:
+1
Last response by
foray
on
August 5, 2008
Clean House: I'm with Dad
Posted to
Dear Prudence
by
alath
on
July 31, 2008 Views: 3829 Replies: 10
Topic:
Clean House: I'm with Dad
Rating:
+2/-6
Last response by
danam
on
August 4, 2008
Re: Once I would have agreed.
Posted to
Human Nature
by
alath
on
August 1, 2008 Views: 128 Replies: 1
Topic:
Once I would have agreed.
Last response by
pearre
on
August 1, 2008
Re: Once I would have agreed.
Posted to
Human Nature
by
alath
on
August 1, 2008 Views: 119 Replies: 0
Topic:
Once I would have agreed.
Last response by
pearre
on
August 1, 2008
Re: Once I would have agreed.
Posted to
Human Nature
by
alath
on
August 1, 2008 Views: 128 Replies: 0
Topic:
Once I would have agreed.
Last response by
pearre
on
August 1, 2008
Re: Once I would have agreed.
Posted to
Human Nature
by
alath
on
August 1, 2008 Views: 124 Replies: 0
Topic:
Once I would have agreed.
Last response by
pearre
on
August 1, 2008
Re: Once I would have agreed.
Posted to
Human Nature
by
alath
on
August 1, 2008 Views: 125 Replies: 0
Topic:
Once I would have agreed.
Last response by
pearre
on
August 1, 2008
Re: Once I would have agreed.
Posted to
Human Nature
by
alath
on
August 1, 2008 Views: 114 Replies: 0
Topic:
Once I would have agreed.
Last response by
pearre
on
August 1, 2008
Re: Once I would have agreed.
Posted to
Human Nature
by
alath
on
August 1, 2008 Views: 116 Replies: 0
Topic:
Once I would have agreed.
Last response by
pearre
on
August 1, 2008
Re: Once I would have agreed.
Posted to
Human Nature
by
alath
on
August 1, 2008 Views: 120 Replies: 0
Topic:
Once I would have agreed.
Last response by
pearre
on
August 1, 2008
Re: Once I would have agreed.
Posted to
Human Nature
by
alath
on
August 1, 2008 Views: 131 Replies: 0
Topic:
Once I would have agreed.
Last response by
pearre
on
August 1, 2008
Re: Once I would have agreed.
Posted to
Human Nature
by
alath
on
August 1, 2008 Views: 120 Replies: 1
Topic:
Once I would have agreed.
Last response by
pearre
on
August 1, 2008
Re: Once I would have agreed.
Posted to
Human Nature
by
alath
on
August 1, 2008 Views: 123 Replies: 1
Topic:
Once I would have agreed.
Last response by
pearre
on
August 1, 2008
Re: Cleaning for slob son
Posted to
Dear Prudence
by
alath
on
August 1, 2008 Views: 170 Replies: 0
Topic:
Cleaning for slob son
Rating:
+2/-5
Last response by
its yggy
on
August 1, 2008
Re: yes, it's a band-aid.
Posted to
Human Nature
by
alath
on
August 1, 2008 Views: 80 Replies: 1
Topic:
the nanny state strikes again
Last response by
Reprobate
on
August 1, 2008
Re: It's the economy
Posted to
Human Nature
by
alath
on
August 1, 2008 Views: 63 Replies: 0
Topic:
It's the economy
Last response by
alath
on
August 1, 2008
Re: why this is actually a good thing:
Posted to
Human Nature
by
alath
on
August 1, 2008 Views: 70 Replies: 0
Topic:
why this is actually a good thing:
Last response by
alath
on
August 1, 2008
At some point he's going to have to start answering question
Posted to
Press Box
by
alath
on
July 30, 2008 Views: 273 Replies: 2
Topic:
At some point he's going to have to start answering question
Rating:
+1
Last response by
alath
on
July 30, 2008
Re: No you don't
Posted to
Press Box
by
alath
on
July 30, 2008 Views: 101 Replies: 0
Topic:
At some point he's going to have to start answering question
Rating:
+1
Last response by
alath
on
July 30, 2008
Learning? This column is a joke... right?
Posted to
Politics
by
alath
on
July 25, 2008 Views: 255 Replies: 1
Topic:
Learning? This column is a joke... right?
Rating:
+2/-1
Last response by
Marine Dad OH
on
July 26, 2008
Re: another reason for long waits
Posted to
Medical Examiner
by
alath
on
July 25, 2008 Views: 112 Replies: 1
Topic:
another reason for long waits
Last response by
alath
on
July 25, 2008
Re: another reason for long waits
Posted to
Medical Examiner
by
alath
on
July 25, 2008 Views: 96 Replies: 0
Topic:
another reason for long waits
Last response by
alath
on
July 25, 2008
Re: Why do people go to the ER for minor issues?
Posted to
Medical Examiner
by
alath
on
July 25, 2008 Views: 80 Replies: 0
Topic:
Why do people go to the ER for minor issues?
Last response by
alath
on
July 25, 2008
Re: 'Partner' Factor explained
Posted to
What's Up, Doc
by
alath
on
July 23, 2008 Views: 100 Replies: 0
Topic:
'Partner' Factor explained
Rating:
+1
Last response by
Bobarian
on
July 24, 2008
Comparison between environmental and personal health is apt
Posted to
Green Room
by
alath
on
July 11, 2008 Views: 167 Replies: 0
Topic:
Comparison between environmental and personal health is apt
Last response by
alath
on
July 11, 2008
Re: Saletan "doesn't know' if he would 'medicate' against it?
Posted to
Human Nature
by
alath
on
June 26, 2008 Views: 93 Replies: 2
Topic:
Saletan "doesn't know' if he would 'medicate' against it?
Rating:
+2
Last response by
MarkEHaag
on
June 28, 2008
Re: Saletan "doesn't know' if he would 'medicate' against it?
Posted to
Human Nature
by
alath
on
June 26, 2008 Views: 103 Replies: 1
Topic:
Saletan "doesn't know' if he would 'medicate' against it?
Rating:
+2
Last response by
MarkEHaag
on
June 28, 2008
Lithwick's Feminism...
Posted to
XX Factor Extra
by
alath
on
June 7, 2008 Views: 210 Replies: 0
Topic:
Lithwick's Feminism...
Last response by
alath
on
June 7, 2008
Conspiracy theory off-base
Posted to
Medical Examiner
by
alath
on
May 27, 2008 Views: 128 Replies: 0
Topic:
Why not mention the obvious?
Last response by
traugott
on
June 4, 2008
Separate Beds
Posted to
Dear Prudence
by
alath
on
May 22, 2008 Views: 1763 Replies: 6
Topic:
Separate Beds
Last response by
Donna S.
on
May 23, 2008
Re: Separate Beds
Posted to
Dear Prudence
by
alath
on
May 22, 2008 Views: 215 Replies: 1
Topic:
Separate Beds
Last response by
Donna S.
on
May 23, 2008
Re: Separate Beds
Posted to
Dear Prudence
by
alath
on
May 22, 2008 Views: 200 Replies: 1
Topic:
Separate Beds
Last response by
Donna S.
on
May 23, 2008
Re: No analogy to polygamy
Posted to
Human Nature
by
alath
on
May 17, 2008 Views: 86 Replies: 2
Topic:
No analogy to polygamy
Last response by
PhysicsGirl
on
May 18, 2008
Re: No analogy to polygamy
Posted to
Human Nature
by
alath
on
May 17, 2008 Views: 89 Replies: 1
Topic:
No analogy to polygamy
Last response by
PhysicsGirl
on
May 18, 2008
Re: The Poor? Or Poor White People?
Posted to
Politics
by
alath
on
May 6, 2008 Views: 149 Replies: 0
Topic:
The Poor? Or Poor White People?
Last response by
alath
on
May 6, 2008
Re: Why Does Slate Keep Pretending...
Posted to
Chatterbox
by
alath
on
May 3, 2008 Views: 132 Replies: 1
Topic:
Why Does Slate Keep Pretending...
Rating:
-5
Last response by
Pmbster
on
May 4, 2008
Re: Maybe Hitchens needs to get off the sauce!
Posted to
Fighting Words
by
alath
on
April 4, 2008 Views: 147 Replies: 0
Topic:
Maybe Hitchens needs to get off the sauce!
Last response by
eyendall
on
April 6, 2008
Re: If your going to write it write it all
Posted to
Fighting Words
by
alath
on
April 1, 2008 Views: 140 Replies: 1
Topic:
If your going to write it write it all
Last response by
Lhoryn164
on
April 2, 2008
Re: Hitchens' Hyperventilating Hypocrisy
Posted to
Fighting Words
by
alath
on
April 1, 2008 Views: 127 Replies: 0
Topic:
Hitchens' Hyperventilating Hypocrisy
Last response by
Robin1962
on
April 1, 2008
Re: Hillary's story of the Bosnia airport events
Posted to
Fighting Words
by
alath
on
April 1, 2008 Views: 115 Replies: 0
Topic:
Hillary's story of the Bosnia airport events
Last response by
alath
on
April 1, 2008
Re: Response to Blind Faith
Posted to
Fighting Words
by
alath
on
March 25, 2008 Views: 136 Replies: 1
Topic:
Response to Blind Faith
Rating:
+1
Last response by
alath
on
March 26, 2008
Re: Response to Blind Faith
Posted to
Fighting Words
by
alath
on
March 26, 2008 Views: 132 Replies: 0
Topic:
Response to Blind Faith
Rating:
+1
Last response by
alath
on
March 26, 2008
racist or post-racist?
Posted to
Hey Wait a Minute
by
alath
on
March 16, 2008 Views: 344 Replies: 2
Topic:
racist or post-racist?
Last response by
senbassador
on
March 21, 2008
Re: racist or post-racist?
Posted to
Hey Wait a Minute
by
alath
on
March 17, 2008 Views: 173 Replies: 0
Topic:
racist or post-racist?
Last response by
senbassador
on
March 21, 2008
Re: It's "bear arms," not "bear guns"
Posted to
Jurisprudence
by
alath
on
March 18, 2008 Views: 267 Replies: 3
Topic:
It's "bear arms," not "bear guns"
Last response by
Liberal Patriot
on
March 21, 2008
Re: It's "bear arms," not "bear guns"
Posted to
Jurisprudence
by
alath
on
March 18, 2008 Views: 214 Replies: 0
Topic:
It's "bear arms," not "bear guns"
Last response by
Liberal Patriot
on
March 21, 2008
Re: Why is this hard?
Posted to
Jurisprudence
by
alath
on
March 19, 2008 Views: 167 Replies: 1
Topic:
Why is this hard?
Last response by
TonyAdragna
on
March 19, 2008
Re: The intent of the 2nd amendment.
Posted to
Jurisprudence
by
alath
on
March 18, 2008 Views: 249 Replies: 0
Topic:
The intent of the 2nd amendment.
Rating:
+1
Last response by
Mark R. Kahler
on
March 19, 2008
Re: Yes, we're all just sheep to the NRA
Posted to
Jurisprudence
by
alath
on
March 18, 2008 Views: 126 Replies: 1
Topic:
Yes, we're all just sheep to the NRA
Rating:
+1
Last response by
einhverfr
on
March 19, 2008
Re: Gross mischaracterization of Miller
Posted to
Jurisprudence
by
alath
on
March 18, 2008 Views: 169 Replies: 0
Topic:
Gross mischaracterization of Miller
Last response by
alath
on
March 18, 2008
Re: FINALLY!
Posted to
Hey Wait a Minute
by
alath
on
March 17, 2008 Views: 133 Replies: 1
Topic:
FINALLY!
Last response by
SmokingMan
on
March 17, 2008
Re: Honestly, I don't know why I bother
Posted to
Hey Wait a Minute
by
alath
on
March 16, 2008 Views: 146 Replies: 0
Topic:
Honestly, I don't know why I bother
Last response by
DBuss
on
March 17, 2008
Re: Definition of racist narrowing?
Posted to
Hey Wait a Minute
by
alath
on
March 17, 2008 Views: 178 Replies: 0
Topic:
Definition of racist narrowing?
Last response by
alath
on
March 17, 2008
Missing the role of Nurses
Posted to
Medical Examiner
by
alath
on
March 13, 2008 Views: 309 Replies: 2
Topic:
Missing the role of Nurses
Last response by
docberger
on
March 14, 2008
Uptodate.com and being "up to date"
Posted to
Medical Examiner
by
alath
on
March 13, 2008 Views: 259