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April 26th, 2010

Legal Racism & Arizona

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer noted that her state's new and highly controversial immigration law would not hurt economic development in the state and that businesses have, in fact, desired such legislation, according to CNN.

As if that’s what everyone is angry about?


April 18th

Visiting all the Possibilities

Gay rights activists recently lauded President Obama’s extension of hospital visitation rights to LGBTQ couples, strengthening the legal status of same-sex partners in the U.S.

However, a good friend of mine recently brought up an important part of this decision that I hadn’t quite considered previously:

Could this negatively impact the fight for marriage equality?


April 14th

The Nickelback Phenomenon

A wonderful little slice of hilarity popped up on my Facebook feed today, posted by one of those hundreds of friends that we have on the deliciously creepy social media site that we met once and never had the time or inclination to talk to again. But inspiration for blogging comes from the most unexpected sources...


April 12th

Drake Gets Intense

Drake, Drake, Drake. (Please read in Jan Brady's "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia" voice). The small population of the Earth that doesn't know who he is includes hermits from the Henry David Thoreau school of transcendental crazies... and that's about it.


March 31st

Banking on Success

Today, President Obama will sign into a law an overhaul of student loans that will cut the role of banks in the entire student loan process, saving taxpayers over $68 billion in the next ten years, according to Retuers News.

Yay! Yes, that’s right: something positive.