Selective science: conservative attacks on LGBT people
One of the features of the conservative movement is a suspicion of the educated. As David Frum recently pointed out, it's an odd characteristic of American populist movements that it's the educated...
View ArticleNY Marriage Equality: a tale of two bishops
Do you remember the prompts from school writing assignments, asking you to "compare and contrast"? Here's one for you. As a vote for marriage equality comes up in the New York State House, the Roman...
View ArticleMarriage equality questions, in the wake of NY
In the wake of New York's landmark decision, and based on conversations around the blogs and with family and friends, it's obvious that a lot of people don't follow the equality issue that closely and...
View ArticleAre we repeating history?
Wall Street is doing great. Corporate profits are up. Executive pay is up (and you know how much money THEY make already). General Electric pays no corporate taxes. I pay more in taxes than...
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