The Marriage Waterslide?
From same-sex marriage to polygamy? Not really. Well, not yet, at any rate.
Monthly Archive: December 2013
Deactivated Friendships
Every day I’d scroll through my feed after making sure that the page showed all activity and not only the top stories, but as my eyes passed over each status update, I rarely read every word or paused to think about the people telling me something about their lives.
The Virtual Musical Advent Calendar, December 17: Blue Christmas
A look at the Country Western Holiday hit that morphed into a Rock & Roll classic.
Punishment Capital
Jeffrey Toobin writes of the death penalty: “The oxymoronic quest for humane executions only accentuates the absurdity of allowing the death penalty in a civilized society. It’s understandable that Supreme Court Justices have...
What You Need to Know About Klayman v. Obama
A Federal Court found yesterday that the NSA does, in fact, routinely violate your Constitutional rights. The reason why is very likely within your arm’s reach right now.
I Am Jack’s Banished Dog.
People with Aspergers might appear to not be interested in friendship, but the reality is we really desire them. The problem is that we don’t know how to do it and relationships bring a lot of stress to us because we are constantly guessing how to act and fearful we will make a mistake.
Monday Trivia #144 [Randy Harris wins!]
These nations are arranged in a certain order: South Korea, Turkey, Chile, Mexico, Portugal, Japan, Italy, Spain, Austria, Luxembourg, Germany, Finland, Switzerland, Australia, France, Slovenia, Greece, Belgium, Ireland, Israel, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Canada,...
The Virtual Musical Advent Calendar, December 16: White Christmas
It’s one of those not so well known facts that Bing Crosby’s recording of White Christmas is the top single record of all time.
Is this joke offensive?
My sister was in a play yesterday about a comedian. The comedian told a particular gay joke which my sister’s lesbian friend reacted to very badly (read angry). I don’t think the joke was...
The Pols & The Polls
Steven Taylor argues that one of the main reasons that we don’t have a third party is that we have the primary process as opposed to the parties selecting its nominees: Indeed, I would...
Toxic Relationships
Masses of people agreeing to vote for officials who want to go to war, continue using the death penalty, and tend to oppose programs that would support the poor all so those officials will do little more than pay lip service to the virtue of female chastity surely isn’t the ideal arrangement for a democracy.
Public Spaces
The social contract of public spaces is one of our most sacred agreements and yet one of the institutions most often subjected to violations of our trust. How this matters and what should be our response.
The Virtual Musical Advent Calendar, December 15: Donde Esta Santa Claus?
Guster somehow managed to take one of the most annoying songs ever recorded and turn it into a holiday staple.
The Jim Leyland Experience
What Jim Leyland knows about baseball could save your life—or at least your sanity.
The Virtual Musical Advent Calendar, December 14: 2000 Miles
The greatest cover of the Pretenders Christmas classic is the one by the Pretenders themselves. And the title doesn’t mean what you think it does.
