Random links
- Try Medieval Hot Pants? Surely, You Joust
- Rather than the Medieval Times dinner theatre version of jousting, it seems that there are some crazy enough to try the real sport. Never thought I'd see an article on jousting make the New York Times.
- My Take: On Komen controversy, media told half the story
- "Planned Parenthood['s] s political expenditures for the 2012 cycle have swung 100% for Democrats and against Republicans. Its political web site ranks a series of Republicans as “chumps.” The notion that such a huge partisan player could be characterized as apolitical is laughable. ... The way the media presented the views of women and breast cancer survivors in particular was even worse, as if they unilaterally supported Planned Parenthood when about half of American women identify as pro-life."
- Swedes should work until they’re 75: Reinfeldt
- Sweden's prime minister: "The pensions scheme isn’t based on magic. It is a welfare ambition based on large-scale re-distribution and citizens’ own work. If people think that we can live longer and shorten our work life, then pensions will get lower." Of course, I'm guessing a fair bit of intergenerational wealth transfer will take place prior to this ever getting implemented.
- Europe's Top Courts Are on a Pro-Life Roll
- "A string of pro-life rulings by Europe's two highest courts has surprised experts. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) upheld Austria's ban on in-vitro fertilization in November. Weeks earlier, the European Court of Justice ruled against destroying human embryos for scientific research. In December 2010, the ECHR upheld Ireland's abortion ban."