Andrew Sullivan's Blog, page 2606
August 27, 2010
When YouTube Distorts
by Chris Bodenner
A reader writes:
Dan Savage is awesome usually, but during this period in which he's been on a "roll" he also denounced a rather benign Toronto church group as "Christofascists" based on incorrect information provided by a YouTube poster who later admitted he had no evidence for what he was saying. That was pretty bad. Full story here.
YouTube - Toronto - Dan Savage - Canada - Ontario
Land of Plenty
by Zoe Pollock
The below video from students at the Vancouver Film School visualizes a different sort of pseudovariety, this time within our natural food systems. Out of 80,000 edible plants we choose only 30 to supply 90% of the calories in our diet; 14 animal species make up 90% of our livestock. The scariest realizations are about 1:45 in:
Biodiversity - Vancouver Film School from Vancouver Film School on Vimeo.
Vimeo - Biodiversity - Film School - Art - Vancouver Film...
Means and Ends
by Conor Friedersdorf
Tim Lee has writes:
Personally I'm not interested in "limited government" as an end in itself, but as a means to greater individual liberty. I'm opposed to government programs that waste taxpayer dollars because higher taxes restrict my freedom. But I'm much more opposed to government programs that use taxpayer dollars to restrict freedom directly. I'm not interested in joining a "limited government" movement that considers the two equivalent. And I'm definitely not...
Police, Firefighters, And Their Salaries, Ctd
by Patrick Appel
Cohn returns to the subject and makes a couple worthwhile points. A reader focuses on NYC:
I don't know much about compensation in the rest of the country but I do know about New York and its cops and firefighters. I grew up with them. My father (retired), both brothers, best friend from high school (retired on medical) are all FDNY. The (suburban) block I grew up on had 11 houses: 5 firemen and two cops. The significant other of the fireman who wrote in presented a version of...
When Views Change
by Patrick Appel
Roger Ebert shares how his mother, who was born in 1912, came to support marriage equality.
Same-sex marriage - Marriage - Relationships - History - Christian
Creepy Ad Watch
by Chris Bodenner
This one for Summer's Eve and this one for a sphincter-shaped pillow are traveling fast across the googlenets.
Chris Bodenner - Shopping - Republican - Homosexuality - Talk radio
Why Mehlman Matters, Ctd
by Chris Bodenner
Dan Savage pulls no punches:
Mehlman would like us to believe that he didn't know he was
gay back then. And, I'm sorry, but that doesn't pass the
smell-my-finger test. Mehlman rose quickly through the ranks of the
GOP, wound up on top, cashed the checks, made the contacts, did real
and lasting harm to other gays and lesbians, and Mehlman knew damn well
what he was and what he was doing.
However, he agrees with John Aravosis:
Ken Mehlman now wants to use his contacts and...
The California Scene
by Conor Friedersdorf
Since so many Dish readers write me from California, I thought I'd mention two very exciting journalistic efforts that are based in the Golden State, though of sufficient quality that outsiders will find them enjoyable too. One is the site California Is a Place. Its excellent videos blend the styles of photojournalism and art photography to produce some stunning pieces.
And then there is Slake, a new Los Angeles based quarterly that I described here. Its Web site recently ...
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