I have not slavishly gone through each of these but:

We suck.

You can read more here.

Teen pregnancies/abortions fall, though not much in the U.S.

Though teen pregnancy rates and the number of abortions have fallen in the U.S. and elsewhere, the U.S. still leads the world in teen pregnancies among 21 countries where data is gathered on such things, says a new Guttmacher Institute study. From the press release: The authors note that U.S. teens face low societal acceptance …

Look! Pakistan has more maternity leave than we do!

Of course, that’s not hard if your baseline is zero.

Those nutsy, krazy, kookie Swedes!

They’re looking to extend paternity leave. Who has mandatory paternity leave? And who doesn‘t?

The U.S. could learn something from Rwanda

That nation, so ravaged by war in the ’90s, could teach us something about keeping people who are HIV-positive on their life-extending meds. You can read more here.

Philly monsignor’s going to jail for covering up child sex abuse

Msgr. William J. Lynn is the first U.S. Roman  Catholic official to be convicted and sentenced to jail (three to six years in a decision handed down Tuesday) for covering up the church’s child sex abuse scandal. You can read more here. Given the environment post the Freeh Report on Penn State, do you think …

Well, THIS stinks.

You can read more about The Commonwealth Fund report here. I just wrote about this for C-HIT. I’ll let you know when it runs.

Do you get vacation? If you get it, do you take it?

Why don’t we have a national vacation policy? Everyone else does…  

Germany and solar power

And here’s more on Germany and solar power.