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Both sides rest at Rezko trial
Less than two hours after prosecutors rested their case Monday in political fundraiser Antoin “Tony” Rezko’s fraud trial, defense attorneys did the same without calling a single witness…

Washington U. to honor anti-feminist Phyllis Schlafly.
Washington University in St. Louis has announced that it will award right-wing activist Phyllis Schlafly an honorary degree at its upcoming graduation ceremony. Schlafly is well-known for her outspoken belief that women should be homemakers and her opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment for women. The university, however, lauded her as a “leader“: Schlafly, a […]

Washington University in St. Louis has announced that it will award right-wing activist Phyllis Schlafly an honorary degree at its upcoming graduation ceremony. Schlafly is well-known for her outspoken belief that women should be homemakers and her opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment for women. The university, however, lauded her as a “leader“:

Schlafly, a native St. Louisan and two-time Washington University graduate, has been a national leader of the conservative movement since the 1964 publication of her book, “A Choice Not An Echo.” … In 1972, she started a national pro-family volunteer organization and led a successful 10-year battle against the Equal Rights Amendment. She continues as president of the group, now known as the Eagle Forum.

Named one of the 100 most important women of the 20th century by Ladies Home Journal and one of the 10 most admired women in the world by Good Housekeeping, she is a well-known advocate for the role of a full-time homemaker.

Women “are too emotional to handle intellectual or scientific debate,” Schlafly once said. She has also described sex education as “in-home sales parties for abortions.” So far, 960 people have joined the Facebook group opposing the award.

(HT: Kathy’s G-Spot)

Paul Campaign Never Ended, Spokesman Says
As the Democratic presidential candidates held pre-primary rallies yesterday in Indiana and North Carolina, and presumptive Republican nominee John McCain spoke to the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, another major-party presidential candidate continued his own quest for nomination, headlining a…

Who’s More Red, White and Blue-Collar?
LAFAYETTE, Ind. — If he weren’t so busy waiting tables at O’Charley’s or scanning Wal-Mart for discount meat to feed his four kids, Scott Winschief thinks he might make a pretty good candidate for president of the United States. For the past six months, he has watched on television in his…

Gang Injustice
On Friday, California Attorney General Jerry Brown’s office announced that it found insufficient evidence to file criminal charges in what has become known as “the De Anza rape case.” The story began when a very intoxicated 17-year-old girl allegedly was gang-raped at a March 2007 party at the home of a De Anza College baseball player. Brown’s review supports last year’s decision by Santa Clara County District Attorney Dolores Carr not to prosecute any of the nine males present in the room. Politically, Carr’s refusal to press charges has not been popular. Lauren Breayans, Lauren Chief Elk and April Grolle — three soccer players who say they saw the girl being sexually assaulted and brought her to the hospital — issued a statement voicing their disappointment “in the entire criminal justice system. The message seems to be, if you get an underage girl drunk enough, you can get away with rape.”