From Radley Balko: “New York legalizes gay marriage. In protest, Newt Gingrich promptly divorces his third wife.” From Popehat: “I […]
freedom of speech, politics
Being rude to the police: dumb, not criminal
…and it is only dumb because it will be treated, often successfully, as criminal. But not this time: Man who […]
justice, politics
“It would be nice if we remembered that torture is immoral.”
That was a quote from a comment about one man’s experience of solitary confinement in prison. I would say it […]
atheism, politics, religion
Un-toasted terrorist
Hemant Mehta looks at the revenge party after Osama bin Laden’s killing in which t-shirts, political cartoons, and newspapers exult […]
Islam, politics
“Why I can’t celebrate”
Valarie Kaur, a third generation Sikh American film maker, writes about why she isn’t celebrating Osama bin Laden’s death: The […]
politics
bin angry– a rant
If there’s something that could inspire me to the kind of nationalistic joy that prompts a person to dance in […]
food, politics, sustainability
The “E” word applied to food. No, it doesn’t stand for “educated.” Or “empathetic.”
Eric Schlosser lays down the law in the Washington Post: At the American Farm Bureau Federation’s annual meeting this year, […]
feminism, politics
National debt blamed on pussification of America
From Mother Jones: Freshman Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) has been known to say some pretty outlandish things from time to […]
blogging, politics
Quote of the day
From Glenn Greenwald, via Ed Brayton of Dispatches who says it’s true for him as well: I always tell people […]