Fatherhood Reduces Testosterone

Story is here. Wonder if it's a product of powerful evolutionary forces, or just hundreds of sleep-deprived nights and poopy diapers.

Casey Anthony Verdict and DSK Case

It is of course entirely possible that both of these people are guilty; but what disappeared almost entirely in the US media coverage of both cases was the PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE, a pretty important principle in my judgement. Now cue Humble Pie all round.

The Dominique Strauss-Kahn Case

The Republican Attack on Planned Parenthood

Good Morning to visitors from PZ's place - thanks for coming! If you haven't been to that site, you should go now!

Tea Party Loon Opposes Masturbation

I share this, from the Guardian, regarding the Republican nominee for the Delaware US Senate seat. Strange days indeed, but what a great time to be a political cartoonist... The media, of course, ignores or facilitates all the Republican Party's other bullshit but freaks out over the one issue that they can all agree is a fundamental human right.

O'Donnell, who is pro-gun, anti-abortion, fiscally conservative and believes masturbation is a sin, won by 53% to 47% for Mike Castle, who has served the Republicans for 30 years, including stints as governor and in Congress.

O'Donnell was the leader of the Christian lobby group Saviour's Alliance for Lifting the Truth. In a television interview a decade ago, she said: "The Bible says that lust in your heart is committing adultery. So you can't masturbate without lust."

She will now stand for the US Senate in November for the seat vacated by Joe Biden when he became vice-president two years ago.

That Might Work

No Sex Please We're Evangelicals

Washington Monthly with the backstory.