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Roe v Wade's Class and Racial Divides

On the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Sarah Kliff of the Washington Post looks at how the demographics of those receiving abortions have changed.When first legalized, it was mainly white and well-off women seeking abortions. Since the mid-1980s, though, this group has been on a downward trend, while the number of minorities and poor women seeking abortions have been steadily increasing.

Ireland Seeks to Raise Legal BAC Levels

Granted, the current legal limit seems significantly lower than here in the United States, but imagine the reaction if reformers in Virginia sought to make it legal to drink more and drive? Well, that's what we're seeing in Ireland.

Gender Equality Gone Too Far?

Denmark's Board of Equal Treatment has ruled that charging more for a women's haircut than for a men's haircut is illegal. Opponents of the new measure is unfair, given that women's haircuts naturally take longer to do and require much more effort. As much as I believe gender equality is an important 21st Century issue, there is clearly a reason why women's haircuts cost more.

Canada's Turn in the Spotlight

Behold Canadian journalist Tim Mak saying things about our friendly neighbors to the north:

Barack Obama 'Sings' Sexy Back

The downside of a return to full employment: Americans will no longer have time to make dub videos like this work of genius: Barack Obama singing "Sexy Back"

Time to Decide on Keystone XL, Mr. President

Nebraska has approved a route. You have exhausted your excuses. It's time.

Recognize Reality on Abortion

With public opinion trending in a pro-choice direction, these two columns I wrote late in 2012 acquire new relevance.

Filibuster Reform is (Practically) Dead

The Hill's Alexander Bolton reports that the Senate will live on as a continuing body, Harry Reid will decline to exercise the constitutional option, and the talking filibuster is no longer on the table. In short, we're getting a very watered down version of what could have been a major step in pushing the Senate down the road to a parliamentary body.

The Leftist Version of a War on Science

Michael Shermer takes to the Scientific American to detail how liberals also sin against science (that is, after castigating conservatives on evolution, global warming, and anatomy):

Hope, Change and Traffic Jams

What's an inaugural like for Washington DC's permanent residents? Danielle Crittenden Frum explains - and describes the inspiration for Chapter 18 of Patriots - at the Huffington Post.

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