I hope all of you who were celebrating the holiday(s) last week had a lovely time of it; we certainly did. And what a luxury to just take 5 days off, with minimal connectedness for most of that time. But today it’s back to my fully-plugged reality, and the sprint to get everything done before folks scatter during the last 2 weeks of the year. December means the end of a project; what appears to be the beginning of another; one more military trial; and some quality time with a few of my favorite JAGs. This week I’m home, though, which will hopefully translate to serious productivity and catching up on some reading. Speaking of which, here’s what’s caught my eye since last we spoke:
City employee’s tip leads to conviction of sexual predator, prosecutors say (Cleveland.com)
VA chaplain: Boss used private files to torment me (Stars & Stripes)
13 Health Studies From 2013 Every Woman Should Know About (Huffington Post)
Allocating Liability for Child Pornography, in Full or Fractional Shares (NY Times, Ed: My partner wrote one of the amicus briefs for this case, which makes me proud)
Army to discharge convicted sex offenders (Army Times)
Catholic hospitals are growing. What will that mean for reproductive health? (Washington Post)
Marissa Alexander: an update and a letter (Feministing)
Homicides — United States, 2007 and 2009 (MMWR, Ed: From the larger report, CDC Health Disparities and Inequalities Report —United States, 2013)
Skating for Justice (Marie Clarie)
How Our Minds Mislead Us: The Marvels and Flaws of Our Intuition (Brain Pickings)
Violence against Women Exacts High Economic Price, World Bank Says (The World Bank)
And finally, not (just) a read, but an interactive online app: 16 ideas for addressing violence against women in the context of the HIV epidemic: A programming tool (World Health Organization)