BARBARA'S TCHATZKAHS

Got this from my friend Chaim over at Freedom's Cost today: To answer the question titling this post: HELL YES! I am personally, going to include in that one EMOTIONAL RAPE . Unfortunately that one leaves only PTSD behind. I know - it's happened to me. Physical & Emotional Rape are serious. Survivors suffer for years, often a lifetime. Serious? Is that even in question? By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF When a woman reports a rape, her body is a crime scene. She is typically asked to undress over a large sheet of white paper to collect hairs or fibers, and then her body is examined with an ultraviolet light, photographed and thoroughly swabbed for the rapist’s DNA. It’s a grueling and invasive process that can last four to six hours and produces a “rape kit” — which, it turns out, often sits around for months or years, unopened and untested. Stunningly often, the rape kit isn’t tested at all because it’s not deemed a priority. If it is tested, this happens at such a lackadaisica...

Getting to the Dirty Bottom of David Vitter by Chris Kelly "I attended Catholic schools growing up, so I know first-hand of the benefits of a Catholic school education." - Senator David Vitter. While everyone is running around calling David Vitter a hypocrite, for the way his faith and politics ran counter to his private life, remember: Jesus hung out with prostitutes, too. I went to a parochial school, and David Vitter has made my faith stronger than ever. Our creed tells us we're born bad, and it's a daily struggle, just to not get an erotic massage, or five. He proves Saint Augustine's point. That's one of the main problems in our clash of cultures with the Muslim world. They don't believe in original sin. And there are a lot of things you can say about a sin like calling a whorehouse from the halls of Congress to have them send someone over and diaper you, but you have to admit it's original. You have to give him points for that. Creativity, I mea...