How about something on the impending NATO summit that's free of controversy? For the next three days, blogger John Schmidt will dish out summaries of how the peoples from the 28 countries each did their part to build Chicago.
On December 4, 1961, the contraceptive pill became widely available for the first time in the United Kingdom. For married women, this meant reliable, convenient family planning.
This sounds like a movie or detective tale. But The Guardian reports that it's for real:"A police spy married an activist he met while undercover in the environmental protest movement and then went on to have children with her, The Guardian can reveal."
