Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….
- Florida Republican Rep. Calls For ‘Hispanic-Speaking’ Voters To Prove They Are American – No, that doesn’t seem “negative or demeaning or detrimental” at all …
- Hispanic Alabama Schoolchildren Face Bullying In The Wake Of Anti-Immigrant Law – Stay classy, Alabama.
- If Obama Looks to Sen. Bennet for Winning Strategy, He Needs to Make a Major Issue of Global Warming and Clean Energy – It would also help him if the GOP nominate someone as screwy as Ken Buck. Which, sadly, would not be very difficult to find in the current GOP candidates.
- Is Utah Mormonism really this messed up? – What strikes me, reading this, is that Mormonism is the societal norm in Utah, especially in the smaller towns. But there’s a parallel to how non-Mormon Christianity is in much of the rest of the country, and how the what more conservative Christians consider to be the “norm” is equally uncomfortable and isolating to those who don’t follow their faith. And, further, as that Christian norm begins to evolve and/or fade, the result is as much bewilderment and fear at the loss of that norm as any other emotion — and that fear drives much of the culture wars we see in the US today.
- The “War On Pot” And The Religious Right – We spend incredible amounts of money in the War on Pot. It is, without a doubt, one of the most irrational public policies we have on the books today (and I say that as someone who’s never taken a toke).
- Watts wrote a check he couldn’t cash – Hey, Tony — your approach isn’t science, it’s ideology. Learn the difference.
- Mom This is How Twitter Works – Just in case you were curious, Mom.
- Scientology investigates South Park – Boing Boing – Yeah, because Stone & Parker seem to be so very concerned about their public behavior or what people think of them.
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