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Pro-Life Nurse-Midwife Sues Tampa Family Health Centers for Not Hiring Her after She Said She Wouldn’t Prescribe “Hormonal” Contraception
By Elaine Magliaro In an article that she wrote for Slate titled Pro-Life Nurse-Midwife Who Won’t Prescribe the Pill Sues Family Planning Center for Not Hiring Her, Andrea Marcotte poses the following question: Is “religious freedom” about being free to … Continue reading
Posted in Conservatives, Courts, Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Politics, Religion, Reproductive Rights, SCOTUS, United States
Tagged Birth Control, Contraception, Hobby Lobby
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Evangelical Group’s Plan to Proselytize Children at Portland’s Parks and Pools This Summer Comes under Fire
By Elaine Magliaro Stateside Oregon: The Child Evangelism Fellowship’s Good News Club plans to “try to convert children as young as 5 at Portland apartment pools, public parks and dozens of other gathering spots this summer…” Some residents have been … Continue reading
The Devil Is in the Details: Satanists, Religion, and the Hobby Lobby Ruling
By Elaine Magliaro In her “blistering” dissent in the Hobby Lobby ruling, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote, “The court, I fear, has ventured into a minefield.” In addition to venturing into a minefield, SCOTUS may have also cracked open the … Continue reading
Make Music with Your Life—A Poem for a Retiring Teacher
By Elaine Magliaro I’m dedicating this post to my “cyber” friend Blouise—who is a true music afficiando. I had the great fortune to work at an elementary school that had many exceptional teachers. One of them was Valerie. “Val” taught … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Poetry
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Science, Conception, SCOTUS, Corporate Personhood, and Some Facts about the Four Contraceptives at the Center of the Hobby Lobby Case…with a Mark Fiore Video
By Elaine Magliaro Hobby Lobby’s Corporate Commandments Back in March of this year—during oral arguments in the Hobby Lobby case—Sahil Kapur (Talking Points Memo) said he thought that the conservative Supreme Court Justices “appeared broadly ready to rule against the … Continue reading
Loss of Habitat May Be Factor in Giant Anteaters’ Fatal Attacks on Two Humans in Brazil
By Elaine Magliaro Sorry that I’ve been away from FFS for such a long time. I’ve been nursing an injured foot. Yesterday, I read a story on Yahoo News about two hunters in Brazil who were killed by giant anteaters … Continue reading
Posted in Science
Tagged Animal Habitats, Brazil, Conservation, Deforestation, Giant Anteaters
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Iraq, the Mainstream Media, and the Neocon Reunion Tour
By Elaine Magliaro In June, Mike Spindell wrote a post for FFS titled Back to Iraq: The Madness Continues. You remember the Iraq War—the war that Senator John McCain claims our country won? It appears that Iraq is imploding because … Continue reading
SCOTUS, The Hobby Lobby Case, and The Three Amigos of TV Comedy News Programs
Submitted by Elaine Magliaro I have been enjoying Last Week Tonight, John Oliver’s new comedy show, which airs on HBO on Sunday evenings. Last week, Oliver did a funny segment on the Hobby Lobby case prior to the Supreme Court’s … Continue reading
Posted in Constitutional Law, Courts, Government, Health Care, Health Care Insurance, Jurisprudence, Politics, Religion, Reproductive Rights, SCOTUS, United States
Tagged ACA, Hobby Lobby, Obamacare
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In Remembrance of Maya Angelou (1928-2014)
Submitted by Elaine Magliaro Maya Angelou—poet/writer/activist/teacher—published many literary works during her lifetime. Her most notable work—I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings—is her 1969 autobiography about her early years. Angelou died at her home in North Carolina on May 28th. … Continue reading
Chris Christie Cuts Payments to State Pension Funds Retroactively in Order to Balance Budget…NJ Still Manages to Subsidize the Private Sector to the Tune of $1.57 Billion
BY ELAINE MAGLIARO A couple of weeks ago, Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey announced his plan to use more than $2.43 billion that had been earmarked for public worker pension funding to balance his state’s ailing budget. Salvador Rizzo … Continue reading
Posted in Campaign Finance, Conservatives, New Jersey, Politics, States, Wall Street
Tagged Chris Christie, Corporate Subsidies
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