I read both the linked articles and I think you meant to say that Major General Salinas dedicated the statue to women marines and not just to officers.

Okay, I know a fair bit about the Catholic Church and its history with women. It doesn't seem to me that Wife of Bath is arguing that the Church does not have misogyny in its teaching; rather, she's maintaining that John XXIII was not automatically a misogynist just because he was elected pope.

Navy SEALs are not the only type of special forces unit in the US military.

Bravo!

It might be a bit chilly riding in an open carriage in 61 degree weather.

She hasn't gotten that far in the process. She' s not even Venerable Mother Mary Lange yet. If she achieves "venerable" status then they can consider her for beatification and she would be called Blessed Mother Mary Lange. She doesn't have to have any miracles ascribed to her until/unless she's considered for…

According to the link provided, there are seven black Catholic saints out of 810 which is roughly 1%. Someone has to be dead for a while (usually) before canonization. Plus, people in religious orders are way more likely to be canonized than anyone else because their congregations push for it. The number of black…

This is just to say that I have never seen the word "posthumous" hyphenated before.

Agreed. Although I was officially trained to loathe them all by my Irish grandparents. Although there was that one time Nana acknowledged that the queen had lovely manners!

More power to them for not spending a ton of money on a fancy venue. They're just as married after having exchanged vows in the local IKEA as if they had exchanged them somewhere approved by expensively-educated Jezebel writers.

I get that a ton of people love the Harry Potter series, but there's so much other good stuff out there to read that I really, really, really wish people would move on from this particular security blanket.

Columbine demolished the library (where most of the deaths occurred) and built a new one in a different location. The Amish school in Nickel Mines, PA was demolished and a new school which looks very different was opened nearby.

He'll reduce his extra weight to acceptable paunch level. He's not going to have a trim tummy in time to run for president no matter what diet, exercise, or surgical intervention he undertakes.

Hmmm..... recent lap band surgery aside, praise for "the power paunch" couldn't possibly have anything to do with helping to pave the way for a 2016 run by Recent Media Darling Chris Christie, now could it?

Even if, as Ginsburg believes, a number of states will "never go back to the way it was," then logic must tell her that some number of states will go back to the way it was. I gather from this article that she doesn't really care or else she assumes that's not too big of a deal for women who don't, for example, live…

Administration doesn't always/usually tell the teachers why a student has been suspended or in any other kind of trouble. (For example, there is a junior wearing an ankle monitor in a colleague's class as of the beginning of last month and she has no earthly idea why.) When a student asks for a recommendation letter…

The state universities usually ask the high school guidance counselors to indicate if the student has ever been suspended when they request the transcript, but I'm fairly certain (based upon those who have been accepted) that it's largely a formality and Generic State University doesn't actually care all that much.

The K-12 "permanent record" is largely myth. What goes into a student's cumulative folder varies widely and wildly. Suspensions and expulsions may or may not be included depending upon the school district or state, but descriptions of misbehavior are rarely included. It's difficult to decide what misbehavior can be…

I'm almost 51 and I agree with you! People wrinkle. Big deal. It's not the end of the damn world.

Yes, those are the actions of politicians who do not have to be responsive to the people because voters will turn out and vote for them simply due to their party affiliation. Meanwhile, both Kansas and Pennsylvania are trying their hands at nullification votes of their own. Stupidity knows no geographical boundary.