February 1st, 2010

Sexting, and what it means to be a girl

On January 15, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit heard arguments in Miller, et al. v. Skumanick, a child pornography case that, oddly, involves no child pornography.

March 11th, 2009

Gay Rights in Pennsylvania?

They’ve seen the light in New York, Maryland, and New Jersey, but today Pennsylvania remains a holdout, denying protection against discrimiation to the gay folks who call the state home.  With a little luck and a lot of work, that may soon change.

July 22nd, 2008

Saggers Beware: the Fashion Police!!

It is somewhat unbelievable to me that this is becoming a national movement in law enforcement.

I happen to be a somewhat devoted fan of the fashion phenomenon known as “sagging.”  For the uniniated, “sagging” is the practice of wearing baggy pants low enough that they expose one’s underwear and/or buttocks.  The city of Flint, [...]

April 24th, 2008

Students, know your rights!

I’m not going to start posting every ACLU tip here, mainly because they have their own blog for that and I prefer to keep this blog kinda fun and not totally depressing. Students’ rights and gay rights are two of my pet issues, though, so I will put in a plug for the National [...]

January 11th, 2008

Commemorating the American Gulag

No celebrity photos today folks. Sorry.

Six years ago today the first prisoners (oops, sorry, “detainees”) were shipped to the dungeon at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. For six years, the 305 men, women and children there have lived in 23-hour-a-day solitary confinement, with little or no sunlight, no books, no communication with or news of [...]