Encryption program used to show “criminal intent” I use PGP and have done so for years. It’s utterly ridiculous to have the presence of that software (or any other encryption software) associated with committing crimes!
More Evidence for What I Know Is True
First: Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome are pretty much the same things. Which diagnosis an individual gets depends on the doctor she sees and whether she complains more about the pain or the fatigue. I’ve been diagnosed with both, but…
Good News On the Civil Rights Front
Psychiatrists want recognition of gay marriage Representatives of the nation’s top psychiatric group approved a statement Sunday urging legal recognition of gay marriage. If approved by the association’s directors in July, the measure would make the American Psychiatric Association the…
I 💜 Bishop Spong
Liberal Bible-Thumping I’m a few books behind on his works, but I think I’ll try to get this one soon.
Giggles
Linguists boycott Kansas hearings on intelligent design of English The state board of education in Kansas plans to hold hearings in May on the “intelligent design” theory of the origin of English, which claims that the language was constructed in…
Revisiting the April Divilbiss Case: Alternative lifestyles and encounters with the state
A nice lady wrote to me recently, provoked by my post about our DFCS experience. She wrote about it on her blog, too. The Divilbiss case was a topic of constant discussing in forums related to polyamory back in 1999.…
Bush and “per speciale Mandatum Domini Regis”
The modern institution of civil and human rights, and particularly the writ of habeas corpus, began in June of 1215 when King John was forced by the feudal lords to sign the Magna Carta at Runnymede. Although that document mostly…
AnySoldier.com
Have y’all heard about this site? It’s run by a (now returned) soldier’s family who were shocked to see how thin and dirty their son and his comrades had gotten when he finally sent pictures to them. There’s a section…
More Sex is Safer Sex
The economic case for promiscuity It’s true: AIDS is nature’s awful retribution for our tolerance of immoderate and socially irresponsible sexual behavior. The epidemic is the price of our permissive attitudes toward monogamy, chastity, and other forms of sexual conservatism.…
Hopeful Article
Koranic duels ease terror