I was hesitant to talk about this, despite the fact that it happened in Memphis. There where concerns locally about the kids position, but his name has long since spread, and the local news has now picked up on the story. In essence, a teenager who came out to his parents was shipped off to [...]
Archive for June 29th, 2005
Protect the Strib
Posted in General on June 29, 2005 | Comments Off
Stealing Wholesale from Liberal Oasis: QUICK HIT Stand Up For The Strib The Minneapolis Star Tribune (which has kindly published a few pieces from LiberalOasis) offers an editorial page that, of all the nation’s major dailies, is arguably the most devoted to the truth and the least afraid of the Bush White House. And it [...]
Bush: Screwing The American Worker
Posted in Economics, Politics on June 29, 2005 | Comments Off
David Sirota finds the Bush Administration lying about working conditions in Central America: The Labor Department worked for more than a year to maintain secrecy for studies that were critical of working conditions in Central America, the region the Bush administration wants in a new trade pact…Behind the scenes, the Labor Department began as early [...]
Reid Refuses to be Bullied
Posted in Politics on June 29, 2005 | Comments Off
This isn’t an official transcript so when one is available, if any of this changes I will let you know. But Harry Reid refused to let Santorum bully him on the Senate floor today: It started when Reid said this: FUNDING, V.A. SECRETARY NYMPHLYON SON: BY THE WAY, HIS QUALIFICATIONS ARE HE WAS CHAIRMAN OF [...]
Canada has just passed a law allowing same sex marriage. I think the Prime Minister says it best: The “vote is about the Charter of Rights,” said Martin. “We’re a nation of minorities and in a nation of minorities you don’t cherry-pick rights.” And, to quote my favorite stage character: The world only spins forward. [...]
On ID: Worth Linking
Posted in Bloggin, Religion, Science on June 29, 2005 | Comments Off
Over in the comments at The Dawn Treader, commenter Jay says this to say concerning ID’s appeal to a supernatural creator (i.e., God): But, back to the actual topic of the thread, epistemology, I have some thoughts on that too. Let’s assume there *is* no obvious natural explanation for a phenomenon. How do you proceed? [...]
Site Problems?
Posted in Bloggin on June 29, 2005 | 5 Comments »
Since this afternoon, the site seems to have lost some comments and trackbacks. They appeared and then disappeared. I’m not sure why. Hopefully Kevin will have some clues when he returns.
Original Understanding Except When Inconvenient
Posted in Church & State, Legal Issues on June 29, 2005 | Comments Off
Balkin eviscerates Scalia’s laughable dissent in McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky: The idea of a ["]Judeo-Islamo-Christian” tradition is just made up in light of 9/11, the increasing number of immigrants from Muslim countries, and our foreign policy imperative to establish that we are not at war with Muslims, just with terrorists. Justice Scalia’s tradition [...]
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