Category: social issues
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Rachel Dolezal and me and Kareem makes three
Kareem, my childhood hero, has given Dolezal his blessing. And a part of me says, Crap, maybe that’s what I should have been doing all along!
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It’s the Great Pumpkin Spice Outbreak, Charlie Brown!
Taking the media temperature of the past month, one thing is clear: we need to stem this massive pumpkin spice outbreak before it gets out of control. Already, cases of pumpkin spice are popping up in restaurants and grocery stores across the nation, seemingly at random and in foods that have never experienced it before.…
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Let them eat the cake
With much power comes much responsibility. Mo’ money, mo’ problems. And so on. There’s no shortage of aphorisms decrying the heavy burdens of those we deem fortunate. The apparent overcoverage afforded the wealthy, talented, and powerful has not deterred me from adding one more footnote to the frenzy. Though I’m a little late to the…
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Is this what passes for marriage in Georgia?
I had an inadvertent, awkward milestone a couple of weeks ago. I turned in to my employer a completed one-page, company-composed Statement of Domestic Partnership. I provided some basic supporting documentation to that effect, had someone in the HR department notarize it, file it, and tell me cheerfully that I was all set. I then…
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…my shameful diatribe against the Second Amendment
I’m not a big fan of the Second Amendment. There. I said it. It almost sounds shameful. The reason for the shame? We Americans have made the U.S. Constitution a sacred document, including the questionable parts. We are proud of it, and for good reason: it’s withstood over 200 years of nationhood and has helped…
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Gay marriage: a Santorum-proof defense
I’m tired of this. Rick Santorum and some college students have stoked the fires of the gay marriage debate, thanks to a fiery exchange during a campaign stop for the looming New Hampshire primaries. In that exchange and the ensuing public discussion, the same worn-out and pointless arguments have been set forth to argue against…
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…social issues: much ado about sagging
A personal sore spot with me is the ridiculous amount of backlash against sagging, the common term for the practice of wearing one’s pants well below the waist. A national airline has crystallized the hypocrisy inherent in this backlash, as described in the below article. US Air let scantily-clad cross dresser fly days before booting…
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…social issues: Puh-lice!
I had a long day yesterday. Up at 6am to go to work; returned to my car at 7pm to find a flat tire. After trying unsuccessfully to revive the tire for about an hour, I gave up and decided to go to my sweetie’s place for the night. Turns out he was heading out…
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