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...allegations out of Germany that Benedict XVI, then Archbishop Joseph Ratzinger of Munich, may have allowed a transferred priest accused of sexual abuse to work again with children. The scandal has had a telling effect on the tradition-bound Holy See. High-ranking clerics have complained of media bias and a conspiracy against the Pope. One well-placed Vatican official who worked closely with the Pope when he was a Cardinal says "a sense of confusion" is spreading throughout the church hierarchy. "And the Pope himself is confused," the official says. "You can see it in his face...
According to Douthat, political polarization leads many to shy away from choosing specific authors or texts as a required part of a curriculum out of a fear of showing a bias for one culture over another...
Women have come a long way, baby, but not as far as we'd like to think. That's the provocative message of the new book Enlightened Sexism. The blatant discrimination of eras past, says author Susan Douglas, has been supplanted by a more insidious form of bias, which suggests that sexist messages are O.K. if couched in irony. (It's fine to enjoy watching catty contestants on The Bachelor snipe at one another - because, come on, we all know most women aren't like that. Ha-ha. Right?) Douglas talked to TIME about the economic plight of women today...
Despite the general bias toward breast-feeding, mothers like Byrd say pumping was the only feeding option that made the first years of their newborns' lives manageable. "People need to understand that after breast-feeding from the breast and bottle-feeding with formula, there is a viable third option for feeding your infant - and that's exclusively pumping," Byrd says. "And all mothers should have a right to choose this option and receive the support and care they deserve from their doctors and families...
...suffer from conflict of interest, student publications are the next best option. If they do not pick up where the professionals leave off, controversial university policies could take effect without proper, outside scrutiny. In order to prevent this and ensure that their coverage remains largley free from bias, college papers should strive to become independent from their universities whenever possible...