How do you convince the twentieth generation of space colonists to leave earth?
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Slightly related: Charles Krauthammer wonders if we’re alone in the universe. I disagree with him, though, that politics is the driver of human history. Technology plays at least as large a role.
Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse: Anthony Weiner wanted to do a threesome — with another guy.
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More thoughts from Ace. All I can say is eeeeeeeuuuuuuuwwwww. And TMI.
You know what, though? After watching the slime for years, none of this really surprises me.
Amy Alkon has become another casualty of the War On (Some) Drugs.
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More thoughts from Jacob Sullum.
…and what won’t? The only problem with the analogy is that I never purposefully go to a coffee shop, because I don’t drink coffee. Starbucks would go bust in a world full of me.
I couldn’t get all the way through this article.
It’s not racism, or anti-semitism — it’s the foreign policy.
I have to say, though, that while the word “homophobic” is vastly overused (for instance, it is not “homophobic” to oppose gay marriage, at least not intrinsically) the congressman does seem literally homophobic to me, based on this description of his behavior. On the other hand, one can be a homophobe, and still support gay rights.
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The trouble with Ron Paul’s defense on the newsletters.
I don’t believe in God, but, I swear, people who believe there is no God, and don’t want anyone else to believe in Him are complete asshats, and this kind of nonsense is completely counterproductive to their cause.
There it went. It’s a sociopolitical tragedy that is destroying a beautiful place.
…in no man’s land.