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The official DHS Twitter account basically did this comic in so many words but genuinely: https://x.com/DHSgov/status/1991532782003044710?s=20 I'm not sure what's…
I don't blame them for being furious. But that it came up in my cartoon is just a coincidence. :-)
The allusion to Charlotte's Web would have seemed completely random last week. Or maybe not completely random, but maybe just…
I don't doubt it, @Watcher, but I limit myself to talking about what I know, which, as a Brit, is…
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ACLU: Catholic Hospitals Have Been Refusing To Provide Reproductive Health Care
From the Washington Post: The American Civil Liberties Union on Wednesday asked federal health officials to ensure that Catholic hospitals provide emergency reproductive care to pregnant women, saying the refusal by religiously affiliated hospitals to provide abortion and other services … Continue reading
How does the marriage equality debate end?
At the press conference today, President Obama, asked about same-sex marriage, responded: With respect to the issue of whether gays and lesbians should be able to get married, I’ve spoken about this recently. As I’ve said, my feelings about this … Continue reading
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More Responses To Robert George Regarding Same-Sex Marriage
For folks who are interested (and, admittedly, so I don’t lose the links), here are a handful of other responses to Robert George’s argument on same-sex marriage that can be read for free on the interwebs. (There were a couple … Continue reading
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What Is Bodily Union? (A response to What Is Marriage?)
[Cross-posted on Family Scholars Blog, Alas, and TADA.] Robert George recently published “What Is Marriage,” an argument against same-sex marriage. Or perhaps I should say, the argument against same-sex marriage; conservatives say that “What Is Marriage” is “required reading… a … Continue reading
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On Apple's Decision to Refuse the "Manhattan Declaration" App
[Crossposted at Family Scholars, Alas, and TADA.] From The Washington Post: After receiving thousands of complaints, Apple has quietly axed an iPhone app that linked to a conservative Christian manifesto called the Manhattan Declaration, issued a year ago and signed … Continue reading
We Wouldn't
In late 2007, I declared that the upcoming presidential election “is about torture”. I was wrong. It wasn’t. Despite my assertion that torture should stay in the public eye until we come to terms with it and, ultimately, eradicate it, … Continue reading
In Defense of Stephanie Coontz
[Crossposted from Family Scholars Blog.] In an earlier post on Family Scholars, David Lapp accuses Stephanie Coontz of determinism in this radio interview. David writes: Coontz treats it as an incontrovertible reality that high numbers of young women will continue … Continue reading
Open Thread and Link Farm: Darren Tends To Self-Sabotage Edition
This is an open thread. Post what you like, how you like, and while wearing whatever clothing you like. Self-linking is so welcome, it can even sit in my special chair. I had my left big toenail removed Monday, a … Continue reading
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In Defense Of The Tax Cut Compromise
There’s a lot I’d criticize Obama for: His Bush-like despotic abuse of civil liberties and presidential powers when it comes to US prisoners, for example, is nothing less than loathsome. His ridiculous habit of making concessions to Republicans in return … Continue reading
Here's a perspective of the impact of illegal immigration you might be interested in: https://pjmedia.com/jamie-wilson/2025/11/20/the-lie-that-broke-a-nation-jobs-americans-wont-do-and-the-economic-and-social-devastation-it-hid-n4946215