human rights
November 15, 2008
- clarification on my post on marriage equality:It's heartening to see the many who took to the streets today to show their outrage against Proposition 8 , a proposition which is a travesty, and an insult to the constitution.In light of my stubborn insistence on inference, the power of innuendo, and nuance, I never spelled out my position on Prop. 8. I voted "No" on Prop. 8, and feel as ...
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November 12, 2008
- I'm as upset about the outcome of Proposition 8 as anyone else is, but I don't think that it is the signature issue of our times.The President-elect's plans for what to do with detainees, once he closes Guantanamo Bay, how to handle military tribunals, whether to incarcerate indefinitely without charges, should be of more concern, as well as ongoing infractions to the First and Fourth ...
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October 27, 2008
- Ariel Levy, in her book “Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture”, states that there are two types of feminists: "lipstick feminists" and "loophole women." According to Levy, lipstick feminists believe, for example, that stripping is empowering and that putting on a show to attract men (be it through makeup, clothing, or girl-on-girl gyration) is not ...
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October 13, 2008
- PROLOGUE __ "Even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." Martin Luther King, jr. __ In 1964, Nelson Mandela was sentenced to life in prison. Seven years later, I was born. As soon ...
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September 25, 2008
- Everything is connected to marriage. It's like that 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon game...before his wife, Kyra Sedgwick, got famous for her TV show. Now everyone's next to KB. So now McCain is trying to weasel out of the Presidential debate with Obama and it's connected. I think his attempt at flight rather than fight is not just because he knows he'll be out-orated by Obama. Obama could out ...
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September 5, 2008
- No one is perfect. As such, at times correction and admonition may need to be promulgated to set the ethically concerned back on the right path. When issued by those adhering to the high standards to which they profess, such criticism can be looked upon as a helpful corrective to assist equals in living up to their potential. However, when such accusations are leveled or sustained by those ...
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September 1, 2008
- Depending on location, the Islamic holy month of Ramadan either began yesterday or begins today or tomorrow. It depends on the sighting of the new moon during the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. Globally, more than a billion Muslims observe Ramadan, one of the five pillars of Islam (the other four being the profession of faith, ritual prayer, the payment of alms, and at least one ...
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August 21, 2008
- their graves, so could photogpraher Horace Bristol, painter Maynard Dixon, writer Langston Hughes or many other artists who decried the exploitation of California migrant workers in the 1930s.
The problem continues to persist _ many fieldworkers are treated like dirt, or worse, because soil is finite and can produce food which can produce money, while migrant fieldworkers seem to be infinite ...
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July 26, 2008
- In my daily Googling, I came upon these two commentaries about Senator Barack Obama, his recent visit to the Middle East, and his supposed frontrunner candidate for Muslim liaison. This is not to bang on Senator Obama, but to highlight how difficult it is to find leaders who take human/women's rights seriously.I've not decided who will get my vote in November, but I have written to Senator Obama ...
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July 26, 2008
- For those who may be interested, FOX News will be airing a documentary called "Murder in the Family: Honor Killings in America" at 8 p.m. EDT tonight, July 26th, and 8 and 11 p.m. EDT tomorrow, July 27th. More details can be found here:http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,391531,00.html
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