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among the many signatories (selected by me on the basis of perceived celebrity, because there's too many to list): were you in a position where enough people cared about what you thought and wrote and were asked to sign this letter, would you have? why or why not. do you worry about...

we're all taking about it, it's going to be thrown around so long as Sanders and AOC are breathing, and it's going to take center stage in the 2020 campaign. this intensely entertaining, observant article digs deep into Brooklyn to find the Tecate-loving heart of America's growing socialist...

i am shocked and dismayed at the violence that spread across Ohio late Monday night and into Tuesday. and for what? because your football team won? who will try to "justify" the motivations behind these garbage 'riots' and actions. Goal post torn down, 89 fires set after Ohio State's...

there are a lot of inside jokes on Interference. sometimes, you step away for a week or two, or more, and you come back and everyone's talking about something but you don't know what it is, and it seems funny, but you feel totally left out and unable to contribute so you stand quietly in the...

this is a long-ish but very thoughtful article, and it does a nice job teasing out the complexities of having babies through surrogacy. this isn't a gay issue -- the vast majority of couples seeing surrogates are straight. what's interesting, to me, are the moral issues that may or may not come...

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it's going to be argued in front of SCOTUS: corporations have been given the right to free speech, it may make logical sense that the next right to be recognized is their right to religious expression. the government may be overstepping it's bounds by forcing a corporation to violate it's...

since they are so numerous due to the wild availability and ease of purchase of assault weapons in the US, it's impossible to start a new thread for every mass shooting. i expect this to be a heavily American thread, but not exclusively so. here's the latest. i neither live nor work close to...

as the Russian government declares war on gay people and holds 4 Dutch tourists in jail, it's a tough time to be gay and in Russia: here's video of Russian skinheads torturing a gay Russian teen: Putin's Crackdown on LGBT Teens in Russia - YouTube images of bashed gay and gay allies in...

since parenting is linked but separate issue from marriage, i've decided to start a new thread about the issues surrounding same-sex parenting, something which is legal in nearly all 50 states in some form of another, and which has been a part of gay life since at least the 1970s. to start it...

George Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, and Dick Cheney, along with the cautious backing of Congress, decided it would be a good idea to invade Iraq under the pretense of disarming Saddam of his WMDs lest they be sold to Al Qaeda and used to terrorize western cities. Now, a decade later, as the nation...

hope everyone's enjoying the day off and is able to take a moment to be thankful for the wonderful things that unions built: sick leave, child labor laws, safer working conditions, and the weekend. enjoy the day!

fairly major op-ed in the Washington Post: you can read the rest here. Let’s just say it: The Republicans are the problem. - The Washington Post some highlights: i'm glad someone had the gumption to step away from pretenses of "balance" and actually commit an act of journalism. and...

just saying.

yes, if you make under $68K a year, you're not making enough to get by: or, as aptly, and snarkily, summed up by Wonkette: have a great weekend!

came across this story out of the UK: this is interesting to me because i feel 100% certain that the anti-marriage Right is going to latch onto this story as an example of the "unintended consequences" of SSM, and they're going to use it as an example of how they, really, are the persecuted...

i dunno ... i find it hard to take her seriously. it all seems designed to shock "western" parents and cause instant hang-wringing and even more worries about what's best for Junior. the piece seems a bit smug, and there's pictures of her daughters playing piano at Carnegie Hall. thoughts?

we used to be good at these kinds of "thought" thread in FYM -- so this is meant to be non-political, though the personal is always on some level political. anyway ... does this call into question notions of what is and what isn't "traditional" when it comes to love, sex, and marriage...

let us pause, before we forget:

YouTube - Gov. Jan Brewer (R-AZ) doesn't know what an "illegal immigrant" looks like didn't the Nazis always want to see your papers? i guess sucks to be brown and in Arizona! you are now the scapegoat for the economic collapse! congratulations! way to go not-racist-at-all Republicans...

i wish the press would please, please leave the little Palin children alone. YouTube - Bristol Palin Campaigns Against Teen Pregnancy in New PSA Video

unbelievable. the man failed to report a horrific crime. he aided and abetted child abuse. lock him up.

so, what's your honest reaction to this anti-smoking ad from France: does it make a mockery of child abuse? does it falsely link oral sex with smoking cigarettes? is it inappropriate? or do kids need to be shocked like this? France wonders: effective? or not?

what's to dispute?

it really kind of was. The decade in news photographs - The Big Picture - Boston.com