Kara & Michael’s Blog

Anyone who is pro-ana.  Walk away right now, because I know you’re just going to throw a fit about how no one understands you and how you have every right to do what you want to your own body.  You’re right, you do. But don’t think for a minute that the way you take care [...]

Folks, I’m a big believer in individual rights. I think if you have the resources to start a business, you should be allowed to. But I think a pro-life drugstore is a dangerous machination intended to prevent women from taking care of themselves. Let me tell you why.
I’ve mentioned before that women are often prescribed [...]

Dear St. Matthew’s Church,
It was with great interest that I read your recent letter inviting me to use and return your “prayer rug.” As a holy man myself, I’m writing to tell you of my experience with the prayer rug.
Since you referred to the rug variously as a “Holy Ghost, Bible Prayer Rug”; a “Church [...]

Someone sent me a message on Yahoo! Answers to start an argument the other day.  I gave them the benefit of the doubt.  I looked at the site they sent me, did some of my own research and sent back a reasonable reply, asking for the sources for some of their “facts” and questioning a [...]

I read an article on alternet.org about avoiding marriage. I write short declarative sentences.
I disagreed with it. As I often do.
I see this sentiment everywhere: how does one maintain individuality within a marriage?
The short answer: You don’t, at least, not in so many words.
But what I mean is this – at some point, we [...]

The Washington Post ran an article today about – horrors of horrors – how the recession has caused families to cut coupons, visit stores closer to home, organize their errands in the most efficient possible way and stop eating organic.
Excuse me while I shed a tear or two.
Families with many kids have been doing this [...]

Check out the article here, about a group at Harvard supporting abstinence-until-marriage.
This article offends me, if only because their basis for refusing sex is ill-formed. They give one quote in the article to refute the stance that pre-marital sex leads to the inability of women to bond, leads to emotional problems, etc. Then the author [...]

Part 1 of a series of great presidential speeches, with untrue or deceptive statements in italics. Justifications in footnotes.
Today’s speech: Address to the Nation, Cross Hall, March 17, 2003.
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My fellow citizens, events in Iraq have now reached the final days of decision1. For more than a decade, the United States and other nations have pursued [...]

NOTE: The content of this entry may not be suitable for individuals under age sixteen or so, or people who get uncomfortable with sex and female reproduction.
There’s no arguing that the internet is primarily a man’s world. I say there’s no arguing with it because if you visit any online forum, you’re bound to be [...]

So, trawling through the server access logs, I find that one of our visitors this month happened upon our blog by typing the following into MSN Search:

how to have a self abortion at 4 months

This visitor’s IP address places them in a fairly small town in the middle of Nebraska, 90 miles from the nearest [...]