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Jailtime for Sexting & the Democratization of Soft-core Porn
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swaldman
A prosecutor in northeastern Pennsylvania has threatened students with jail time if they didn’t attend classes on the dangers of sexting (sending nude pictures of yourself or friends on your cell phones), The New York Times reports. A few students have sued the prosecutor for his overreach. This strikes me as a classic case of…
Where Many Nones Live, Gay Marriage Gains Support
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swaldman
Cathy Grossman and Jack Gillum at USA Today have crunched the numbers and found that gay marriage is getting most traction in states where The Nones (i.e. people who have no religious affiliation) are strongest.
Confessions of an “Entrepreneurial Risk Taker”
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swaldman
I’m occasionally described as an “entrepreneurial risk taker” because I left my fancy job in journalism to start Beliefnet in 1999. Though I love the sound of it, I’ve never felt it was really accurate. The reason: I always knew that if I crashed and burned, I would be fine. My parents have enough saved…
The Liberation of Plan B
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bnet
Guest post by Mark Silk, who is filling in for Steven Waldman. In his order reversing the Bush administration’s restrictions on federal funding of stem cell research earlier this month, President Obama received some undeserved criticism for minimizing the role of moral values in shaping science policy. Yes he did, in his signing statement, insist…
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