Sunday, July 28, 2013

Heroic News: “The NYT gets it mostly right on abortion polling” plus 5 more

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Posted: 28 Jul 2013 07:55 AM PDT
Last Wednesday on the New York Times’ FiveThirtyEight blog, David Leonhardt conducted an analysis of public-opinion data on the issue of abortion.
Posted: 28 Jul 2013 07:42 AM PDT
Katie was an orphan in Bulgaria, and at the age of nine, she weighed just 10.5 pounds. She and the other children in the orphanage were left in cribs at all times, fed a liquid diet (on which many choked, and some even aspirated it to the point of death).
Posted: 27 Jul 2013 07:26 PM PDT
Wendy Davis has apparently taken the country by storm. Which is rather surprising, given that she speaks for a minority of Texans.
Posted: 27 Jul 2013 04:24 PM PDT
A publication that focuses on “gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender” issues says officials with Oxford Dictionary have confirmed they are watching the usage of the word “marriage,” in view of a possible redefinition.
Posted: 27 Jul 2013 12:38 PM PDT
The president of Broadway Cab announced Friday that a driver has been suspended after allegedly forcing a gay couple out of his vehicle when they started making out in his backseat.
Posted: 27 Jul 2013 10:14 AM PDT
Two gay men who successfully sued to get their out-of-state 'marriage' recognized in Ohio despite a state ban are at the forefront of what supporters and experts believe will be a rush of similar lawsuits aiming to take advantage of an apparent legal loophole.