Archive for freedom of speech
“All that is needed for bad fashion to prevail is for gay men to do nothing.”
The title comes from a comment to this story, featured on boingboing (h/t to D/P, one of my readers). This picture is priceless:
I love the bemused look on her face: “Now what? I can’t just leave…. And who has time for fashion with all of these homosexuals to save? Should I have put a semi-colon [...]
Equality Forum Day 4 (Part 2): Politics 101 (Russian)
Everything about Russia seems difficult to me. In college, I took five semesters of Russian to no discernible end. Neither French nor Spanish had proven too challenging, but this was a different critter. Each noun comes with six different endings, one for each “case.” Russian verbal aspects can’t be fully mastered by anyone without a [...]
Three Acts on Prop 8: I
In advance of tomorrow’s argument on Prop 8, I offer this cautionary tale. My plan for tomorrow is to “blog live” as the oral argument unfolds, at 9 am PST (noon EST).
News Item from California, November 5, 2008: “Yesterday, the voters of California approved Proposition 8, a measure that takes away the rights [...]