Interesting Links, February 3, 2012

Here are links I found interesting on February 3, 2012:

Lazy media reports Komen Foundation decision as ‘reversal.’ It isn’t. – "So, traditional media, are you still going to keep doing the bidding of the Komen Foundation by pretending it has changed its position? Or are you going to report the truth?"

Interesting Links, February 2, 2012

Here are links I found interesting on February 2, 2012:

Who Is Behind Susan G. Komen’s Split From Planned Parenthood? – The mysterious decision by the leading breast-cancer charity to stop funding the country's most prominent reproductive-health provider.
Susan G. Komen and Planned Parenthood: The rift – Excellent and objective piece in the Economist about the Komen Foundation's decision to stop funding Planned Parenthood.

Here are links I found interesting on February 1, 2012:

Give Komen the Pink Slip: Five Ways to Support Women’s Health for All – The Komen foundation is pissing money away on pink marketing and pandering to conservatives. Tell them to take a hike and support the people and organizations who put their money to work helping women.
Not Just For Emergencies – I take the stairs for 2-3 flights whenever I can find them (and they're not scary). How about you? Great way to burn off some calories.
B&N Hits Amazon Where It Hurts: Authors – Thank you, B&N!

Here are links I found interesting on January 31, 2012:

Susan G. Komen charity cuts off grants to Planned Parenthood – "The nation’s leading breast-cancer charity, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, will no longer give hundreds of thousands of dollars in grants to Planned Parenthood." Sure. Why help people plan for their families and prevent unwanted pregnancies? Dumb and pregnant — that's how Republicans want their women.
A new book takes down Breast Cancer Awareness Month – "In 2006, researchers concluded that "for every 2,000 women invited for screening throughout 10 years, one will have her life prolonged and 10 healthy women, who would not have been diagnosed if there had not been screening, will be treated unnecessarily." Though you'd never know it from reading the Komen Foundation's materials, the consensus in medicine now is that early mammograms are of questionable benefit." This is what scares me about mammograms — they might identify a non-existent problem.
More God, Less Crime or More Guns, Less Crime? – Extremely interesting comparison of two books and two lectures. it isnt what you might think.

Here are links I found interesting on January 28, 2012:

Arizona Summit – Yep. Our governor is an embarrassment to the state.
Conservatives’ Politics of Fear a Biological Response – Researchers looking at how we fixate on threats uncover more evidence of a biological component to the red-blue divide.