Never have I wanted more to throw a brick through the screen of my television. Watching Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor sit stoically through a…
Posts Tagged ‘Iowa’
Eric Deggans: For this wise African American, Sotomayor hearings reveal the heart of race conflict in America
July 14th, 2009 |
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Des Moines Dancing Illegal After 2 A.M.
July 13th, 2009 |
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DES MOINES, Iowa — Dancing the night away in Des Moines doesn’t seem to be at the top of many must-do lists. Maybe because it’s illegal.
An obscure city ordinance outlaws publicly shaking your groove thing in Iowa’s biggest city after 2…
Michael Markarian: Strong Federal Law Brings the Hammer Down on Dogfighters
July 13th, 2009 |
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The flagrant disregard that dogfighters routinely show for society’s norms was replaced by the snap of handcuffs and the slap of 30 or so arrest warrants.
Associated Press Hands Local And National News Sites An Opportunity To Get Links And Traffic
June 16th, 2008 |
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The Associated Press is facing a blog firestorm after issuing take down notices to Drudge Retort for linking to and reproducing snippets of AP stories. AP is now attempting to define how their stories can be linked to and excerpted — and the response from the blogosphere appears to be to boycott the AP, i.e. [...]
Your thoughts on same-sex marriage
June 16th, 2008 |
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New Hampshire is now the sixth state in the nation — alongside Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Iowa and Vermont — currently providing or soon to provide marriage benefits to gays and lesbians. Meanwhile, the issue continues to be hotly debated in other parts of the country, such as California, where Proposition 8, a ban on same-sex marriage was passed last year, and the Obama Administration has come under fire from some in the gay community for what they see as a lack of action on this issue.
We want to hear how the issue of same-sex marriage is affecting you. What do you think of the ruling? Do you think same-sex marriage should be allowed? Have you participated in rallies for or against the issue? Share your stories, photos and videos.