A blog by Nicholas Solter about politics and everything else
Posted in Barack Obama on Jan 15th, 2009
Since the election I’ve been so excited by the general prospect of an intelligent, rational, reasonable, and progressive president that I haven’t spent much time thinking about the details of exactly what a Barack Obama presidency will mean. As his inauguration is now only five days away, here, in no particular order, are ten great […]
Posted in Barack Obama, Gay Rights, Separation of Church and State on Dec 18th, 2008
It seems that some liberals are up in arms over Barack Obama’s choice of Rick Warren to give the religious invocation at his inauguration. While I certainly disagree with Warren on some key issues, gay rights and marriage equality foremost among them, this choice does not bother me. For too long, liberals have insisted on […]
Posted in Barack Obama, Election 2008, Politics on Nov 5th, 2008
Among the many pieces of good news from the election, here are nine reasons to celebrate.
1. My adopted state of Colorado has gone blue. In addition to giving our nine electoral votes to Barack Obama, we will now have a Democratic governor, two Democratic Senators, and five out of seven Democratic representatives. Some people are […]
Posted in Barack Obama, Choice, Election 2008, John McCain, Politics on Oct 7th, 2008
Since my last post about Joining the Obama Campaign I’ve gone into the local Obama campaign office about once a week to volunteer. Although I tried at first to convince the volunteer coordinators that I should do data entry, they’ve mostly had me making phone calls. The way it works is that I get a […]
Posted in Choice on Nov 16th, 2007
In Nicaragua, a woman cannot legally terminate a pregnancy, even to save her own life. The result? Women die from treatable conditions like ectopic pregnancies. I like to think this isn’t the result hoped for by the pro-life movement in the US.
A new study on abortion rates has some interesting data :
Abortion rates are not correlated with legality of abortion. That is, the rates of abortion are approximately the same in countries where it is illegal and those where it is legal.
Abortions are generally safe in countries where it is legal, and generally unsafe where […]