What We Missed.

More on Joel Stein’s immigrant problem for Slate. Best line, “Joel Stein is a soft writer in a soft gig, dressed up in an older generation’s clothing, with an expired comic license in his pocket. Testimony to the power of the melting pot: he’s just another white dude.”

An Iranian widow, Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, is slated to be stoned to death for being convicted of adultery. Human rights groups are fighting to appeal the sentence.

“But is legal in Africa,” is not a very good defense of child molestation.

Amanda on “women as incubators.”

We are waiting still for the Oscar Grant verdict. Stressful.

Rebekah Spicuglia on the Hollaback Iphone app.

UN Women has finally been established.