Does Firefox’s autofill feature annoy you? When you type in the first letter of a field in a form does it call up memories of past typos? Thanks to Kathy in Kevin Drum’s comments, there’s a solution: highlight the mistake and press Shift-Delete. It goes away! Also, there’s a new version of Firefox (1.02) which …
Hmm. Mom found this in a Sunday WaPo article. It’s called The Principles Project, and here’s its declaration of values. We believe in America’s historic promise of liberty, justice and the expansion of opportunity for all people. These commitments to fundamental human dignity and a better nation for all animate the American spirit and give …
The New England Journal of Medicine today published two articles about the Schiavo case. Both are open-access. The first, called “Terri Schiavo — A Tragedy Compounded” can be read via Acrobat here (3 pages). The second, entitled “Culture of Life” Politics at the Bedside — The Case of Terri Schiavo can be read, also via …
So off I go to Kaiser this morning to pick up a month’s worth of cholesterol and BP pills, and I hit the ATM to get the $30 I need to cover the co-pay amount for each drug. I get to the window, hand the lady my membership card, and she goes off to get …
Oh, my. Pat Oliphant has a wonderful cartoon about the Schiavo bill. From comments at Big Brass Blog.
Lindsay Beyerstein of Majikthise has taken up the challenge initially set forth by the Democracy Cell Project and is publicizing a letter-writing campaign to the media to express disgust with its treatment of the Schiavo case. Here’s mine: Ladies and Gentlemen, I am writing to tell you that there are many Americans (as the polls …
This is by far the best explanation of the Schiavo case I’ve seen so far. It’s long, and it doesn’t address the overnight activities of Congress; that’s to be taken up later. It concludes: …the takehome message is: first, it’s about autonomy. Second, the result in this case follows from basic facts about the way …
Atrios has dug up an interview with a legal expert from CBS News which discusses the implications of Congressional interference in the Schiavo case. QUESTION: So the years of state-court litigation would be wiped off the map, as if it never took place? ANSWER: If Congress gets its way, yes. That’s why the legislators in …
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In case you haven’t noticed, there’s recently been a concerted effort to get the politically-oriented women bloggers more notice, brought on by yet another round of the “where are they all?” questions by well-meaning but slightly myopic men. I’ve stayed out of it, because I don’t link to anyone very much. However, I’ll happily contribute …
ABC News obtained talking points circulated among Senate Republicans explaining why they should vote to intervene in the Schiavo case. Among them, that it is an important moral issue and the “pro-life base will be excited,” and that it is a “great political issue — this is a tough issue for Democrats.” Ah, yes. Once …