Why homosexuality looks like a decision
Note that in the following, I’m figuring out something that is probably obvious to everyone except me. The other day I found myself expostulating, “How can anyone think people choose which sex they’re...
View ArticleRelevant differences unresolved
After yesterday’s Supreme Court decisions, I’m just so happy about the progress we’re making. It seems like progress to me because of the narrative line I have for the stretch of history I happen to...
View ArticleWearing our tormentor’s mask
A small anecdote in a “Talk of the Town” article by Michael Schulman in this week’s New Yorker (Feb. 17 & 24, p. 36) struck me harder than I would have thought. The article — “Get me rewrite” —...
View ArticleWWPD: What Would Putin Do?
We could attribute this to surprise or even to a democratic instinct except for the adorable “I’m gonna punch you so hard” fist Putin starts to make at the very end. And on a lighter note, here’s...
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