Private law

We should be focusing on the fact that a tiny -- microscopic -- group of people have collected immense wealth and power. They are a threat to democracy, decent lives for the rest of us and the survival of the planet.

--Eleanor Arnason on privilege

Gluten is ritually unclean

Distinguishing between real food problems and religious (openly or otherwise) taboos.

Thanx to Follow Me Here

The next step

I've been in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage since shortly after heteroracial ones were permitted, but now my support is suspect because I represent the abomination for which same-sex marriage is the innocent stalking horse: recognition of n>2 marriages, such as the loving, committed one womzilla, nellorat, and I have had for more than 20 years. Of course, there will be a whole new set of problems. For instance, we can't have it in the US until we have a single-payer health care system like the First World has because there are already more than enough people getting married for health coverage. Still, I believe we're getting there. An argument for it.

Thanx to andrewducker

Candidate

Carly Fiorina offers to do for America what she did for Hewlett-Packard. The phrase that comes to my mind is "fair warning," but some people are taking it seriously. She recently hit the headlines by saying that what's wrong with America is workers watching porn. That's CEO thinking: If we keep the grunts from enjoying themselves, maybe they'll do a good job. Maybe she's dreaming of a national panopticon where the government can monitor everyone's monitors.