The protest regards the way the university treats their students who were raped and their students who were accused of rape. University policy is, pretty much by definition, the responsibility of the university. It is true that the university is not responsible for responding to rapes of people who are not their…

So the only crimes that really matter are the ones which are most numerous? If not, then what exactly is your point? Other than misplaced pedantry?

"Prevalence Up, Reporting Down." Other way around, no?

Grothman should stop sucking on the government teat and get a real job...

Something about this nay-saying doesn't feel right. I bet they're just doing it for attention. Click baiters.

My somewhat outdated Betty Crocker cookbook has a recipe for Cincinnati chili, which is to take the chili recipe and put it on top of spaghetti. I couldn't figure out why you wouldn't just make spaghetti sauce.

Who's to say Lammily can't be an action figure instead of a doll?

Term limits just mean that newbies have to rely on staffers and lobbyists for institutional knowledge.

Not only did New Hampshire not elect Scott Brown, we re-elected a Democratic governor, senator and (at least in my district) representative. All women, too.

Plot point in a L&O:Criminal Intent episode.

I used a spray bottle, trying to train the cats to stay off the counters. Thea and Valentina didn't need much discouraging. But Zoe would just sit on the counter looking at me like "Why are you doing that?" So I stopped. It didn't take long before Zoe was the boss of me.

Not entirely apropos, but I miss Molly Ivins.

There's her appearance on Law & Order as the woman with horrible fashion whose husband was murdered after she locked in a dog crate for the weekend. *I* thank her for that performance.

On the one hand, I'm pleased that someone named "Marilinda Garcia" has a chance of being elected in New Hampshire, which is not exactly known for its racial diversity. On the other hand, she's a Tea Party Republican, so ew.

So far it's one health care worker out of how many who treated him? If ebola were easy to catch, everyone would be doing it.

The two Nashua stores and one in Burlington have consistently provided me with a fairly substantial sandwich whenever I've ordered one, so I don't have any complaints about their portion sizes. They are expensive, though.

I think she had plenty of disgust to go around, but she's not in a position to dictate what we see.

My nephew and niece had me read this every night when I was visiting. I tended to see the climbing-the-ladder section as comic rather than creepy.

Is the article about rape prevention? The advice would seem to apply equally well to any person-on-person crime, such as mugging, and would seem to apply equally to both sexes. Being aware of your surroundings is generally considered a good idea.

"we should probably view this as tacit approval from SCOTUS that the federal courts have the right of this" — Probably? You know, perhaps y'all should find some people with lawyer-type backgrounds to add some legal perspective on legal opinions. (No, I'm not a lawyer, or anywhere in that field.)