Dear Facebook, This story from The Atlantic reports that you have required (indeed, forced) the author Salman Rushdie to use the name Ahmed on his profile page rather than the name Salman just because it appears first on his passport. Is this for real? My parents, husband, friends, relatives, business Read more »
Yearly Archives: 2011
On the average, American adults think 25 percent of Americans are gay
Well, this is amazing. Not to mention crazy: Towleroad cites a Gallup poll showing that “over half of Americans (52%) estimate that at least one in five Americans are gay or lesbian, including 35% who estimate that more than one in four are.” Really. It’s hard to get reliable data, but my Read more »
If I believe X, must I believe Y?
In a long post on Slacktivist, Fred Clark objects to irrelevant litmus tests on faith: Yet the fact remains that Jim Wallis’ position on both abortion and homosexuality is such that he has remained in good standing as a mostly accepted member of the American evangelical community. His views on poverty, Read more »
Sad news: The Bronx is closing
The Bronx, for several years our default date restaurant and the place where, in 1995, we first exchanged rings, is closing. Last year, we went there to celebrate the anniversary of the day we met; the experience was comfortingly familiar. It’s possible the place, the service, and the food were a Read more »
For you Warner Bros. cartoon soundtrack fanciers…
Via Mark Evanier, an entertaining performance of Raymond Scott’s “Powerhouse.”