Category Archives: publics

Barney Frank on hate crime legislation

Posted on April 30, 2009 by Michael

I love this speech:

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sex in public in OK City

Posted on April 27, 2009 by Michael

Why aren’t straight people arrested for sex in public? I know that they are sometimes, but I have heard stories from many people about how they were caught in the act by a police officer who just let them go … Continue reading →

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Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere in 2 minutes

Posted on April 24, 2009 by Michael

About a month ago or so, Rosa asked us to distill Jürgen Habermas’s Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere down to a two-minute “fairy tale.” I made a YouTube video, but I don’t think I posted it because I… well, … Continue reading →

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what does “public christian” mean?

Posted on April 4, 2009 by Michael

hilzoy at Obsidian Wings has a decent rebuttal to the idea that if sexuality becomes constitutionally protected, that Christians will lose their rights to be public Christians. The claim, made by Rod Dreher, is that speaking out against homosexuality in … Continue reading →

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Berlin Wall Kiss destroyed

Posted on April 1, 2009 by Michael

(via Towleroad) The famous kiss between Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and East German counterpart Erich Honecker painted on the Berlin Wall has been destroyed. I’m sad, and the artist, Dmitri Vrubel, isn’t too happy either: But Dmitri Vrubel, who never … Continue reading →

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