by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | May 17, 2009 | Standing In The Shadows
There’s a particular type of fear that parenting invites, which grafts past onto future, as in, I don’t want what happened to me to happen to my kid. You hope your child won’t be picked last in gym class for dodge-ball teams. Insert your own bad...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | May 19, 2009 | Standing In The Shadows
For advocates and supporters of legalizing same-sex marriages, New England has been providing some stunning, satisfying victories in recent weeks. Lots been written about why New England is blazing the trail. If you live here, it's not all that surprising,...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | May 21, 2009 | Standing In The Shadows
This headline posed a question that caught my attention: Is the Electorate Tilting "Pro-Life?" No surprise that this piece on the American Prospect blog critiques the headlines, which are potentially misleading. Pew came out with news of a tilt toward more...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | May 24, 2009 | Standing In The Shadows
What an interesting article Andrew Gelman wrote about on fivethirtyeight.com, asserting–with numbers (disputable? maybe)–backing this up: parents with daughters are more liberal than parents with sons. In the article cited, researcher Ebonya Washington...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | May 26, 2009 | Standing In The Shadows
Yesterday evening, I strolled (by myself, itself a rare treat in the dinner/bedtime zone) downtown to see the Mark Shapiro, Maya Machlin, Michael McCarthy, Daniel Garretston; The Apprentice System: Stonepool Pottery show at the Artisan Gallery. I'd been speaking...