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“Issues” Plate Debate
Here’s why states should get out of the business of approving clearly political messaging for license plates. You can’t just approve one side of the debate, as the Virginia legislature will learn if it dares not to approve a “pro-choice” plate having already approved and sold thousands of “pro-life” plates. It’s not about abortion, but [...]
“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 [...]