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civil rights, majority rule, Abraham Lincoln and gay marriage
I really liked this post by an Andrewsullivan.com reader:
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/11/popular-sovereignty-and-the-gays.html
"Equal rights and the consent of the governed are the ( Read more... ) -
Instructions
Massively impractical on a large scale, but I can imagine some businesses where this would be an improvement on the status quo.
(Note: some images in link moderately NSFW)
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/10/02/business-reply-mail.html -
Four arrested for kidnapping and torture
Four Californians are accused of kidnapping a 16-year-old boy and torturing him for nearly a year before he escaped captivity wearing only boxer shorts and a shackle on his ankle, according to an indictment released Wednesday ( Read more... ) -
A couple brief political rants
George Bush was misguided, incompetent, and a disaster for America. But he deserves at least a small amount of credit for peacefully and lawfully handing over power to the opposing party. A lot of people thought Obama would be assassinated. Compare to Chavez or Putin (let alone Mugabe or Saddam), and Bush looks pretty good. He might well be the ( Read more... ) -
Obama did stand up against Prop 8 in California?
A few months back, I called Obama cowardly/cynical for not standing up for equal marriage rights for gays in California ( Read more... ) -
We are the government, listening to your calls, reading your mail
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/02/20/internet.records.bill/index.html
Republican politicians on Thursday called for a sweeping new federal law that would require all Internet providers and operators of millions of Wi-Fi access points, even hotels, ( Read more... ) -
A president who understands that curiosity is a virtue
"hard work and honesty, courage and fair play, tolerance and curiosity, loyalty and patriotism."
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In which I respond literally to a rhetorical question.
http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/20/nobel-laureate-offers-hope-and-a-warning/
Four. They should land a couple guys and a flag and call dibs on Mars ASAP.
UPDATE: engineering, ethics, environment