Eve Tushnet
At least scroll down to “I AM AT PEACE WITH MYSELF.” Several good ones on page two also. Read more
At least scroll down to “I AM AT PEACE WITH MYSELF.” Several good ones on page two also. Read more
Ye gods. Read more
More Reason: The Dallas Observer published a feature this week on folks who inadvertently bounce a check, which isn’t illegal, and find themselves faced with threats of prosecution. more (this is the Observer article, but the post at the Reason link adds some additional thoughts) Read more
reports: Terrifying teens by making them lie in coffins, forcing them to spend a night on a frigid street or a bare prison cell— these harsh measures are used in reality shows in an attempt to put delinquents back on the straight and narrow. But the strategies may make for better TV than treatment. … It’s not like there’s a shortage of data or any scientific controversy over Scared Straight’s actual results. In fact, a Cochrane review — the gold... Read more
This is why I am writing this. It is my belief that gay people in the Church shouldn’t simply put up with and accept the teachings of the Church but should own it for themselves and preach it in their own language. If we’re going to convince other gay people of the truth and grace of the Catholic faith then we need our own language with which to do it. Sadly gay people tend to lack subjectivity in the Church... Read more
On 26 July 1972, three grizzled-looking men dressed uneasily in suits gave evidence at a US Senate subcommittee on prison reform. Two of the men were former inmates of some of the toughest prisons in the US – the third was the country and western singer, Johnny Cash. Cash’s famous live albums recorded at Folsom Prison and San Quentin are the stuff of music legend – likely to feature on any critic’s list of defining albums of the 1960s. But... Read more
The next installment in my marriage-and-family books series for Acculturated. Read more
I love songs about horses, railroads, land, judgment day, family, hard times, whiskey, courtship, marriage, adultery, separation, murder, war, prison, rambling, damnation, home, salvation, death, pride, humor, piety, rebellion, patriotism, larceny, determination, tragedy, rowdiness, heartbreak and love. And mother. And God. —via Read more
My word processor’s spell-check recognizes “speciesist.” What. Read more
I’m sorry, every part of this story is self-parodic. Via TKB. Read more
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