Day: May 31, 2010

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(Non?)Violent Civil Disobedience

Chris Dierkes May 31, 2010

Last week I wrote a post on my other site about how the Palestinians should organize a...

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shameless self promotion

Erik Kain May 31, 2010

So True/Slant has been purchased by Forbes Media, meaning that June may be the last month a...

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Memorial Day.

William Brafford May 31, 2010

Amid today’s cookouts and household projects, find time to remember those who went off to war and...

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The Homosexuals, 1967

Rufus F. May 31, 2010

Stepping into the way-back machine, Pam’s House Blend brings to light a CBS report on homosexuality, circa 1967: “With...

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Plato, Phaedo and the ‘death’ of Socrates

Rufus F. May 31, 2010

Stepping from the Crito to the Phaedo dialogue, Plato moves onto more solid ground by switching the...

Carl Schwent on Cats Are The Best: An Annotated ListAmong historical figures who loved cats, I'll add Andy Warhol and his famous 25 cats all named Sam.
Dark Matter in reply to Saul Degraw on Open Mic for the Week of 4/28/2025If sane people refuse to talk to Trump then everything he hears will be from inside his bubble. Whit…
Dark Matter in reply to DavidTC on Gender Critical: Legally Defining SexHowever, as neither of those proposals are on the table, I don’t know why we’re talking about them.…
Dark Matter in reply to David TC on Gender Critical: Legally Defining SexPlease supply links to a few of these groups calling for sports to be mixed by eliminating women's s…
Saul Degraw on Open Mic for the Week of 4/28/2025Governor Whitmer decided to commit political suicide yesterday: https://apnews.com/article/whitmer-t…
KenB in reply to Jaybird on Cats Are The Best: An Annotated ListThat first cat was the only one we got where the intention to get a cat was the first step of the pr…
David TC in reply to InMD on Gender Critical: Legally Defining SexA lot of this comes down to whether or not one believes that womens’ equality depends in some part o…
David TC in reply to Dark Matter on Gender Critical: Legally Defining SexThen they’ll lose in most sports. That's completely irrelevant to the point being made here. Your cl…
LeeEsq in reply to Burt Likko on Open Mic for the Week of 4/28/2025Possibly. I think running away from Clinton hurt Gore more than it helped in the 2000 election.
Slade the Leveller in reply to Michael Cain on Cats Are The Best: An Annotated ListWhen I owned a house on the NW side of Chicago, there was a feral cat colony nearby. They must have…