Category Archives: crossposted on TADA

Northwestern University Class Has Live Sex Demo For Those Who Stayed After

Northwestern University Class Has Live Sex Demo For Those Who Stayed After. Bailey said that while he regretted allowing the Feb. 21 sex toy demonstration he also does not believe those who were offended made a good case for why … Continue reading

Posted in crossposted on TADA, Free speech, censorship, copyright law, etc., In the news, Sex | 41 Comments

Open Thread and Link Farm

Please feel free to post what you want, when you want it. Self-linking is cool. I’m currently traveling to Ithaca, New York, and I’ll be in New York for the next ten days, so I’m not sure how much I’ll … Continue reading

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Are public workers overpaid?

On another thread, Robert writes: People who are paid a market wage are (naturally) somewhat resentful of people who can deploy political power to extract an above-market wage, at the expense of the people being paid market wages. If that’s … Continue reading

Posted in Class, poverty, labor, & related issues, crossposted on TADA, Economics and the like | 79 Comments

Link Farm and Open Thread, “Mudskippers? Dang, nature is weird” Edition

Five seconds of every #1 pop single. In order. The Great Banyan Tree. It’s not a forest, it’s just one really, really widespread tree. Now, this is what I like about pro soccer:

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Justice Department won’t defend the constitutionality of DOMA

[Crossposted at Family Scholars Blog.] Eric Holder, the Attorney General of the US, yesterday released a letter declining to defend the constitutionality of DOMA, the Defense of Marriage Act, in court. Well, sort of. DOMA has two parts: One part, … Continue reading

Posted in crossposted on TADA, In the news, Same-Sex Marriage | 10 Comments

Will Legal Same-Sex Marriage Lead To Legal Incestuous Marriage? No, It Won’t.

[Crossposted at Family Scholars Blog] In “What is Marriage?,” Girgis, George & Anderson (for convenience, I will refer to them as “George,” after their most senior member) argue that there is something called “true marriage” that exists apart from culture. … Continue reading

Posted in crossposted on TADA, Same-Sex Marriage | 104 Comments

Why Do Protests Bring Down Regimes?

This month may well be a moment of history-changing importance, but I haven’t been posting about it because, frankly, I don’t feel like I have anything intelligent to say. But I thought this post — entitled “Why Do Protests Bring … Continue reading

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The crucial difference between a mouth and a stomach: Another response to “What Is Marriage”

[Crossposted at Family Scholars Blog.] Girgis, Anderson and George’s rebuttal to my earlier post (for convenience, I’ll call them “George,” after the most senior member of their team) was helpful to me, and clarified some of their arguments, for which … Continue reading

Posted in crossposted on TADA, Same-Sex Marriage | 32 Comments

Open Thread and Link Farm: New Snow Edition

Post what you want, when you want, about what you want, and self-link if you want. Indulge yourself until you make yourself sick or I’ll have you thrown off the island! If you can watch this video of adults seeing … Continue reading

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Are Leftist Solutions Solutions If They’re Not Politically Viable?

In comments, I wrote: Barring some truly enormous increase in the amount of taxes Americans are willing to pay — the costs of medicare et al are going to increasingly crowd out other things that I think we should also … Continue reading

Posted in crossposted on TADA, Elections and politics, Health Care and Related Issues | 15 Comments