Rub and Tug
Sometimes enough is enough and you should step aside and let others have a swing at the pinata.
Tagged: equality
What’s In A Name?
Perhaps the time has finally come for schools to recognize that they don’t need to distinguish between “ladies and gentlemen” when it comes to what team is taking the field, pitch or court.
Mira Sue
Some people say Star Trek: The Original Series’ Mira Romaine is a Mary Sue only because she was written by a woman.
Workplace Automation Stands to Hit Women Harder Than Men
Most, and probably all of these job functions, are on track to become partially or entirely automated in the coming years.
Access to Women-Specific Health Care Should Not Be a Partisan Issue
Women’s health care, and even affordable access to health care in general, should not be an issue that is dividing us.
Social Justice is at a Dead End (UPDATED)
Formal equality is insufficient. Yet actual equality will be more difficult to achieve than most progressives realize, says James Vonder Haar.
The Ethics and Incentives of Socialized Law
Noam Scheiber makes a radical suggestion. Eric Posner has lots of reasons why it’ll never work. Burt Likko says, “There’s a few things neither of you bright fellows have thought of.”
The Price Of Citizenship (Updated)
New Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled today in favor of a plaintiff who sued for violation of one of that state’s anti-discrimination laws based on a photographer refusing to take pictures at her same-sex commitment ceremony. Burt Likko presents a digest of the decision.
Equality Can Be a Problem
Last week I wrote in the Daily Beast about the flack I catch when I take care of my kids. I’d been thinking about writing an article along those lines for years, but always...
Big Wednesday 2013
I thought this would only have been a one-day thing. But we’re here on the third day in a row of huge decisions from the Supreme Court. At last, we have rulings on the...
Vive La France!
Félicitations, nos amis. C’est la triomphe de la liberté, égalité, et l’amour. Célébrer et soyez joyeux!
“Democracy Distilled” — A Brief History of US Voting Rights
While this video was sent to me a bit ago, I’d forgotten to post about it until today. I think it’s pretty cool — and with people’s access to voting having become such a...
