Maureen Collins
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Editor’s Note: 5/26/2022 The National Cancer Institute says on its website: “The relationship between induced and spontaneous abortion and breast cancer has been the subject of extensive research beginning in the late 1950s. … The newer studies consistently showed no association between induced and spontaneous abortions and breast cancer risk.” In 2003, the institute held a workshop that brought…
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On Thursday, the New York Times issued a thousand-word apology for using the pronoun “she” to describe Asia Kate Dillon, an actress (Actor? ... Person?). Dillon, who appears in the TV series “Orange is the New Black” and “Billions,” identifies as “non-binary” and prefers to be referred to as “they.”
The Public Editor at the Times, Liz Spayd, wrote the drawn-out apology for an op-ed that…
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The burritos from the recently-launched Portland-based food truck Kook’s look delicious. But did you realize that they are actually a cultural crime against the people of Mexico?
In a story that could be a Portlandia sketch, the two owners of Kook’s Burritos faced backlash from social justice warriors accusing them of “culturally appropriating” Latin cultures with their tortilla recipe.
On…
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From the headlines, you would think that Pope Francis just schooled President Trump in a heated debate on climate change at the Vatican.
Earlier today, the website Mashable published an article called “Pope Francis just threw some serious papal shade at Donald Trump.” The title of an opinion piece on Esquire read “In Which the Pope Expertly Trolls Trump on Climate.”
The Hill went with…
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On Wednesday morning, President Donald Trump continued his first foreign trip with a visit to the Vatican where he met with Pope Francis, the head of the Roman Catholic Church. In short order, many members of the media took to the internet to tweet their #hottakes of the trip, revealing that they still don’t really understand how Catholic tradition works.
Celebrities made fun of First Lady…
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Same-sex couples are suing the state of Indiana for not including both partners' names on their children's birth certificates. The case appeared before the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, where possible Trump SCOTUS nominee Judge Diane Sykes made some no-nonsense, scientifically factual remarks.
And naturally, people were offended.
Lesbian couple Ashlee and Ruby Henderson of Lafayette, Ind., …
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Texas legislators are preparing to move forward on a directive similar to North Carolina’s “bathroom bill," and it's not coming without a fair amount of heat from the left.
State Rep. Chris Paddie of the state's 9th District has introduced an amendment to the Senate version of a school emergency bill, S.B. 2078, which will require public school students to use the restrooms designated for…
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A win for campus free speech came out of Nashville this past week when the Tennessee State Senate unanimously passed the Campus Free Speech Protection Act by a vote of 30-0. Senate Bill 723 was signed into law by Governor Bill Haslam (R) on May 9.
The measure is “the most comprehensive state legislation” of its kind, according to Robert Shibley, Executive Director of the Foundation for…