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“U.N. Report Says Progress for Women Is Unequal”

Posted on February 14, 2014 by Naomi

I know the Times didn’t publish Somini Sengupta’s  U.N. Report Says Progress for Women Is Unequal – NYTimes.com. a day after Adam Liptak’s Sidebar essay on the progress of American women justices, told through the dual stories of Ruth Bader … Continue reading →

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Updates on Indian “hurt feelings” law plus the NYT

Posted on February 14, 2014 by Naomi

From this, in today’s Publisher’s Lunch, it looks like Penguin India is getting tetchy in defending its decision to withdraw its scholarly book, “The Hindus,” from Indian marketplace because Indian law forbids publication of anything that hurts the feelings of … Continue reading →

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Two lawsuit settlements: sex and sex

Posted on February 11, 2014 by Naomi

Odd, perhaps, that today I read news about two lawsuits that settled, and both concern, well, sex. One of those cases — against Bob Filner, the ex-mayor of San Diego — is satisfactory to me (I’ve written previously about the … Continue reading →

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