Law - Dangerous Intersection

What will Obama do about marijuana?

Post author:Erich Vieth
Post published:December 13, 2008
Post category:Health law and order Politics
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Lots of people want to know, based on Obama's website.

Ed Brayton discovers a GOP member who’s woken up

Post author:Hank
Post published:December 4, 2008
Post category:Civil Rights Cultural Evolution Politics
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Ed adds a nice commentary at the end of his latest post, detailing James Richardson's call for the GOP to get real and stop pandering to ignorance and bigotry: The country has changed dramatically over the last 30 years. With more and more gay and lesbian Americans coming out of…

Labels, Living, Categories, Culture

Post author:Mark Tiedemann
Post published:December 4, 2008
Post category:American Culture Art Bigotry Civil Rights Communication Culture Current Events Friendships/relationships History ignorance Language Politics Psychology Cognition Recommended Reading/Films/Sites Sex Writing
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Here is a link to an excellent essay by two of my best friends. It talks about how labeling plays out in both art and real life and how labels are both irrelevant and destructive. I attended that workshop they refer to, Clarion, and that's where I met them. That…

Report from a friend stranded in Thailand

Post author:Erich Vieth
Post published:December 2, 2008
Post category:Current Events History law and order transportation
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Thailand's major airports have been taken over by protesters, as reported by the L.A. Times: Hundreds of protesters seeking to topple Thailand's prime minister seized Bangkok's international airport terminal Tuesday, forcing cancellation of all flights. Members and supporters of the People's Alliance for Democracy stormed through police lines at Suvarnabhumi…

Bostonians – help Fred Phelps!

Post author:Hank
Post published:December 1, 2008
Post category:Bigotry Civil Rights Culture Current Events Good and Evil Religion
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Wait, what? Yeah, you heard right. Help Fred Phelps & his Westboro clan of deluded, life-wasting, really-shitty-sign-writing hate-mongers (and their hapless children, for whom I have the greatest sympathy). Joe Brummer has the scoop: Fred Phelps’ clan is coming to Boston! The “God Hates Fags” Westboro Baptist Church is coming to picket…

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