Alaska, according to Guttmacher, is # 1 for contraception access. So, please, don't preach about "abstinence-only" when you're wrong.

Among the 50 states and the District of Columbia, Alaska ranked

* 1st in service availability;

* 14th in laws and policies;

* 1st in public funding; and

* 2nd overall.

http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/state_data/states/alaska.html

The 28 states participating in a federal abstinence education program and the amount they have received in federal grants this year:

Alabama, $716,369

Arizona, $776,082

Arkansas, $440,640

Florida, $1.9 million

Georgia, $1.1 million

Hawaii, $122,091

Illinois, $1.4 million

Indiana, $565,556

Iowa, $238,648

Kansas, $252,832

Kentucky, $612,974

Louisiana, 962,673

Maryland, $427,257

Michigan, $1.1 million

Mississippi, $621,716

Missouri, $664,196

Nebraska, $164,055

Nevada, $210,130

New Hampshire, $71,177

North Carolina, $936,723

North Dakota, $66,744

Oklahoma, $517,756

Oregon, $365,772

South Carolina, $563,972

South Dakota, $102,285

Texas, $3.6 million

Utah, $216,117

West Virginia, $289,389

Source: Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

States ranked by rates of pregnancy among women age 15-19 (pregnancies per thousand):

1. Nevada (113)

2. Arizona (104)

3. Mississippi (103)

4. New Mexico (103)

5. Texas (101)

6. Florida (97)

7. California (96)

8. Georgia (95)

9. North Carolina (95)

10. Arkansas (93)

States ranked by rates of live births among women age 15-19 (births per thousand):

1. Mississippi (71)

2. Texas (69)

3. Arizona (67)

4. Arkansas (66)

5. New Mexico (66)

6. Georgia (63)

7. Louisiana (62)

8. Nevada (61)

9. Alabama (61)

10. Oklahoma (60)

Notice a missing state?

If Joan Walsh thinks that Obama was "savaged", she must not read the letters from Salon's readers. Walsh really, really needs to get out more.

If she'd left Trig with a sitter, people would have speculated that she was ashamed of him or was a bad mom, etc. Since so few Down syndrome infants are carried to term, there's a good number of young people who've probably never seen a baby with this. If her baby had autism, the trendy lefties would be applauding her. The baby's no more of a prop than any other politican's child or family member.

If Walsh wonders why so few women run for public office, (and I'm sure that she's written some handwringer about that), the media's treatment of Sarah Palin and Walsh's baying for her blood might be a reason.

Walsh has that lock-step mentality that there's only one way to be a woman, and that's the way she and other professional chatterati have approved. Palin must not have gotten the official manual.

Question her record, question her actions.

You named him Oscar and you're surprised that he's pissed off? No kid wants the name of a 90 year old guy and/or a cranky puppet. Why did you hate your baby?

What a loon. I pity those who work with the LW. And Cary shows his basic strategy--hide and pray it all blows over so he can continue his pathetic little job.

KristinB: "takes away funding to organizations that help pregnant teenage girls finish high school, "

Is checking the actual facts so hard or are you an affirmative action candidate?

Low but accurate. She cut funding for Covenant House. It's not my fault that Salon's readers are either stupid or lazy. If you're going to complain about Palin, at least get your facts right.

Dustball--and Michelle, and Obama, despite his trying to pretend otherwise.

Tregibs--so only men vote in Alaska? She defeated a male, right? Tell us that you wrote the same thing about Hillary Clinton, too.

Doesn't Bravo buy enough ads on Salon? Why, why, why did this run--with a show-spoiling caption. I don't need to read the whole piece to have some of the suspense destroyed. Nice work, morons.

"And even when she was not around, her lingering aura gave me the creeps. Her worst quirk was a desk so messy that most people would wonder about the mental capacity of the person sitting at"

Oooh, the tolerant left at work and play. Nice job! If any anything the LW does could hope to equal the this woman's total affect on students, colleagues and passersby, the LW could count himself lucky.

Carry on! Make it work!

What self to lose? Shulman's best known for her marriage contract, which split housework and childcare evenly. Alas, the Fates had other plans. Is there nothing she won't exploit to keep herself in the public eye?

Here's a random sample of her deep thinking:

"It's true that cooking became a symbol of women's oppression, so there's a certain paradox in glorifying it, a certain danger politically."

It's all about Alix.

He's a boy, but he's not your friend. Dump him, change your locks and your number and get into therapy.

"Since we weren't in a proper relationship at the time, I felt like I didn't have any "rights," so I didn't pursue the conversation."

You have lots and lots of rights. Do you live in a state that allows concealed carry of firearms? Have you ever taken self-defense or assertiveness training? Start now. NOW. No, NOW.

And Cary--did you ever suggest that she keep the police on speed dial?

Remember Kaki Hammersmith, local decorator for the Clintons? She, too, favored that bordello look, and look at what happened with Bill and that woman.

David Talbot is one heckuva journalist for uncovering this. Maybe he can get a guest judge gig on Top Design.

Talbot is bereft of purpose, and is dragging Salon down with him, if such a thing is at all possible.

Did the parents pay or contribute to the LW's education? Did they feed, clothe and shelter the LW? IF not, then why not just cut them off entirely?

If I were married to the LW, I'd take a really close look at how the parents get treated. If the LW can cut Mom and Dad off when they disagree, the LW will do the same to a spouse. This isn't about gay vs. straight, Republican vs. Democrat--this is about control and pissiness.

Cary's amoral. He makes me miss Mr. Blue.

Salon's investors must be overjoyed at Joan's fabulous gains in readers and ad revenue with her all-Palin coverage. What a master stroke of journalism! What a genius! Next--the Sarah Palin sock drawer! And then-- Sarah orders from catalogues--and what that says about her plans for world domination!

Is Norman Blashka noticing this outpouring of amazing non-journalism? Jezebel's more investigative than David Talbot.