Yes, I strongly support boycotting Chick-fil-A because of the large amounts of cash they’ve donated to anti-gay causes. But Boston’s […]
Chick-fil-A
Gay rights or chicken sandwiches?
From what I know, there’s no ethical case to be made against Chick-fil-A’s food or business model in particular. They […]
atheism, freedom of speech
Petition to free Alexander Aan
I had no idea that the White House had established a web site specifically to host petitions. Some of them […]
morality, sports
Being good at slinging a ball around doesn’t make you a hero, part 327
As the Penn State report is being reviewed, and people are talking about how a man could rape multiple children […]
feminism
How to destroy a woman
Taslima Nasreen has a horrifying post up at No Country for Women on individual cases of women attacked with acid […]
LGBT, politics
Equal opportunity flirt-slaying
I received an email this morning from Change.org: “Yeah, I killed him, but he did worse to me.” In 1997, a […]
comedy, freedom of speech, rape, sexism
You have the freedom to make rape jokes. Should you?
There is no way, I think, to more thoroughly annoy a proponent of free speech than to claim that criticism […]
cult, religion
When a cult rules a town
Two former members of the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) found a kitten, still alive, mostly buried in […]
fun, personal
Casual Sunday. Casual everyday.
Spotted at infidel753.blogspot.com I am not one of those people who enjoys dressing up. I do not fault them for […]
links
Weekend web readin’
I’ve been slacking with the interesting articles sharing lately. Let’s fix that. From The Raw Story: Global report: Decriminalization does not […]