Congressional candidate Maggie Brooks almost never refers to the “people” of Monroe County; they are “taxpayers,” even when the context seems to demand another noun. The subtle bit of messaging aligns with Brooks’ signature and much-touted accomplishment as county executive: freezing the property tax rate.
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Brooks’ busy week
Maggie Brooks was in the news a lot last week. On the county executive front, her administration reached a tentative agreement with negotiators from a CSEA unit. The terms will be kept under wraps until union members have reviewed the agreement. Members must also ratify it before it goes into effect. The unit represents approximately […]
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NEWS BLOG: Note the context of the Todd Akin ‘rape’ remark
Todd Akin’s “legitimate rape” comment is getting flack not only from many women and from abortion-rights supporters but even from Republicans – some of whom are calling on Akin to pull out of his Senate race against Claire McCaskill. Akin’s also getting a lot of press. Here’s Michelle Goldberg’s good piece on The Daily Beast, […]
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The Johnson defeat, ‘pseudo-feminist’ Popick, Iraq and abortion
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Partial truths
The ban on so-called partial-birth abortion is all talk and no teeth. And it has created a weird middle ground in an otherwise polarizing debate. “The devil himself would have signed this bill,” says the Rev. Flip Benham, national director of Operation Save America/Operation Rescue. “This piece of legislation will not save the life […]
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Reader feedback 2.5.03
Debating ‘Roe,’ yuppie saviors, the School Board, and Buddhism
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Old and new: abortion issues never die
It’s tempting to cram the many-sided Roe v. Wade controversy into a 30-year frame, 1973 to the present.
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The XX files
Pregnant with my second child. Week 21. Routine ultrasound. The technician squirts goo onto my swelling belly and presses the ultrasound wand against me. I’m mesmerized by the ghostlike baby on the monitor. Gray pearls strung in a gentle curve form the spine. A blob of black is the bladder. “There’s the…” the technician […]
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Chipping away at Roe
Nearly 30 years after the Supreme Court recognized women’s constitutional right to end unwanted pregnancies through abortion in Roe v Wade, that right is facing what may prove to be its most serious challenge. Anti-choice activists have been rallying against Roe for decades, chipping away at the decision’s legal foundation with the help of […]
