Andrew Sullivan's Blog, page 2669
August 6, 2010
Lebanon's Itchy Trigger Finger, Ctd
Daniel Levy responds to the incident:
Tuesday's incident once againdemonstrates that the alternative to a negotiated regional settlement is notthe status quo but rather occasional convulsions of violence which sometimes doand sometimes do not ignite a wave of prolonged clashes. Lebanon and Israelhave a set of bilateral issues that need to be addressed from relatively minorterritorial disputes (the village of Ghajar, Shebaa Farms area, and a preciseborder delineation) to Israeli concerns of...
How To Kill Gay Marriage For Good
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Unpopular Proverbs
Teddy Wayne has some fun. Dish faves:
Why put off 'til tomorrow what you can
and
A penny saved is a penny earned, excluding all the pennies
you dump in a jar for an eventual trip to a Coinstar machine, but the
prospect of carrying a jar of loose change that's top-heavy with pennies
to Food Emporium to earn $12.47 is so depressing that you never do it
and the jar remains unused, so, really, sometimes saving pennies
actually ends up making you lose money.
Coinstar - Money - DVD ...
Predicting Kennedy
Jon Rowe's lightbulb switches on:
The case will very likely be heard by the Supreme Court of the United States. Assuming Kagan is on the bench and the lineup remains, I predict there will be 4 votes for gay marriage, 4 against with Justice Kennedy breaking the tie AGAINST constitutionalizing gay marriage. BUT Kennedy being Kennedy he very likely would "split the baby" by demanding a federal constitutional right to civil unions that grant all the rights of marriage other than the name.
Interesti...
The Future
(Photo: Russians wear facemasks to protect themselves from forest
fire smog while walking on Red Square in Moscow on August 6, 2010. Smog
from wildfires in the countryside cloaked Moscow, with the levels of
toxic particles, raising alarm over public health and numerous commuters
wearing anti-pollution masks. By Natalia Kolesnikova/Getty.)
Moscow - Red Square - Russia - Wildfire - Administrative Regions
Regrets: He Has A Few
Dreher misses his never-happened twenty-something sojourn in Europe. But he wanted a wife and kids and thought he'd be on the shelf if he waited too long.
The regret I have about never having lived in Europe is very, very mild -- but that's because I have what I most wanted in life (a family). If I had reached middle age without marrying, and was locked into a job I couldn't now afford to leave because I needed the health care, or for whatever middle-aged reason, the regret would be fairly...
Anderson Talks With Hitch
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When Ruth Met Jerry
You're never too old to fall in love. But shouldn't this kind of thing be illegal in South Carolina because they have no way to procreate? Over to you, Robbie George.
South Carolina - United States - Religion - Business and Economy - Organizations
Chart Of The Day
From Calculated Risk:
Longer. Deeper. And flat at the bottom. Unfortunately that describes the 2007 employment recession.
The long free ride is over - and the bubbles that created the illusion of sustaining it have all burst. Don Peck was onto something. This is the new normal.
Calculated Risk - Recession - United States - Workforce - Great Depression
Dissent Of The Day
Walker writes (and you quote):"Race and gender restrictions shaped marriage during eras of race and gender inequality, but such restrictions were never part of the historical core of the institution of marriage."Huh? "Race and gender restrictions shaped marriage during eras of race and gender inequality…?" Um, there were no such "eras" unless he's really speaking of one era: all of recorded history. For there never was a time when gender did not matter in marriage. ...
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