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Here’s what Afghan President Hamid Karzai told Fareed Zakaria about the disgusting Afghan marital rape law:
“Now I have instructed, in consultation with clergy of the country, that the law be revised and any article that is not in keeping with the Afghan constitution and Islamic Sharia must be removed from this law,” Karzai said.
Juan Cole:
The [...]

The Wall Street Journal attempts to add another chapter to the long-running debate over women seeking to balance raising children with careers. In a story today, the Journal reports that new data shows a reversal of a long-term trend, with younger women now having children at earlier ages and delaying careers.
I’d put this piece away [...]

Feminist outrage is making headlines today as women’s groups react to President Obama’s last-minute move to to eliminate a portion of the stimulus package that would have made it easier for states to expand birth control coverage through Medicaid.
The loss of the birth control provision came as a blow to Planned Parenthood, which had lobbied [...]

The Alaska governor represents a new sort of female politician. Instead of Hillary’s Rodham Clinton’s out-policy-wonking the boys, Palin offers anti-elite common sense.