The American Prospect wins an award for best article title of the week with “Exit Strategy”– a piece that is about neither Iraq nor Afghanistan but rather the withdrawal method of birth control. Specifically, the fact that a recent study found that the often discredited method is nearly as effective as condoms in pregnancy prevention.

Ali K. has a guest post up at Shakesville about the doctor wall that childless women under the age of 30 run into when they request to be sterilized. The response from the doctor(s) is usually along the lines of “you’ll only regret it later” — and this is the line given whether or not the doctor knows the reasons or depth of research behind thepatient’s decision.

Try as they may, the right has not been able to get an oppositional foothold regarding new SCOTUS nominee Sonia Sotomayor. The whisper campaign- which began when she was still on the shortlist and originated with anonymous court clerks quoted by Jeff Rosen of The New Republic- was insubstantial and mostly easily disproved and/or ignored. When you’re lobbing accusations of intellectual lightness at a woman that graduated summa cum laude from Princeton and received her J.D. from Yale Law School, it is obvious that your side is not bringing their A game.

Obama chooses to continue sending wreathes to the Confederate memorial. I am confused.