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How the BP oil spill is like Chernobyl
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Rod Dreher
Dmitri Orlov makes a case. Excerpt: The political challenges, in both cases, centered on the inability of the political establishment to acquiesce to the fact that a key source of energy (nuclear power or deep-water oil) relied on technology that was unsafe and prone to catastrophic failure. The Chernobyl disaster caused irreparable damage to the…
Shocked, shocked: Miley Cyrus skankifies self
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Rod Dreher
Well, this was as inevitable as it is depressing:Smart, somewhat cynical analysis in the Atlantic. Excerpt: 2. Weird is the new sexy. And ugly is the new pretty. Dancing around, flipping your hair, and smiling at the camera flirtatiously is so 2003. Dancing, flipping your hair, and jerking your head around like you’re possessed by…
Attachment parenting guru: My kid’s an addict
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Rod Dreher
Sad, sad story from Katie Allison Granju, a well-known proponent of attachment parenting. Excerpt: This wasn’t the first time I’ve been concerned about what people would think if they found out. In fact, I’ve been worried about what would happen if our family’s terrible secret “got out” – that my son suffers from a life…
More U.S. unwed mothers than ever
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Rod Dreher
New Pew research reveals the changing state of American motherhood. A record 41 percent of all U.S. births are now to unmarried women — this, up from 28 percent in 1990. Half the children born to Hispanics are to single mothers, while just shy of three-quarters of all black children born are to single mothers.…
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