Archive | February 8, 2012

Are Killer Whales people?

by on February 8, 2012 in American Culture, Environment & Nature, Politics, Law & Government, Science & Technology

Well, the more appropriate question is “Do Killer Whales enjoy the same legal rights in the US judicial system as humans?” I suppose it could be granulated even further. However one phrases it, we may get the answer before too long. A federal court in California is going to decide the question in the context […]

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Report: Super PACs raise $181 million from fewer than 200 people

by on February 8, 2012 in Business & Finance, Crime & Corruption, Journalism, Politics, Law & Government

As if we needed still more evidence that financial authority over national political campaigns is increasingly wielded by fewer and fewer really rich people, consider this exhibit: Super PACs raised about $181 million in the last two years — with roughly half of it coming from fewer than 200 super-rich people. That’s the news from […]

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emergence

by on February 8, 2012 in Arts & Literature, Photography

 

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Time to kiss off online dating: a long-overdue farewell to Match.com

by on February 8, 2012 in Family & Marriage, Internet, Telecom & Social Media, Personal Narrative, Sex

Recently I was e-mailed, via Match.com, by an attractive woman (to the extent that profile pictures can be trusted, anyway) named Kathleen. I love that name, and her profile made her sound like someone I’d be interested in talking to a bit more, so I replied. We exchanged a couple of e-mails and I was […]

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