Generative AI isn’t supposed to have opinions. Not unless it’s playing a character or adopting a persona for us to […]
civil rights, LGBT, marriage
Pursuing happiness together
Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka’s weddingwith fireworks. Source Over the Independence Day weekend, I kept on thinking about dignity […]
civil rights, feminism, LGBT, police
Things you should read
The NYPD’s ‘Work Stoppage’ Is Surreal. Matt Taibbi describes the strange twist of New York’s Police Benevolent Association (which becomes […]
civil rights, immigration
America: lousiest host ever
Okay, here’s the deal. How it should be. If you’re in the United States for reasons beyond your control– that […]
civil rights, Islam, religion
Deconstruction of a boogeyman
My long-time friend Ed Brayton blogs over at Dispatches From the Culture Wars about various topics related to the “interface […]
childfree, civil rights, LGBT, politics
The ecological morality of breeding….or not.
This and the other card can be found here. When I saw Reason magazine tweet about an article entitled “Are […]
civil rights, freedom of speech, quote
Quote of the day
“The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one’s time defending scoundrels. For it is […]
bigotry, civil rights, hate, LGBT, religion
What’s a hate group?
From Dispatches From the Culture Wars: The Southern Poverty Law Center has added several “mainstream” religious right groups to their […]