More Americans are finding certain behaviors morally acceptable that are still widely considered unacceptable. In other words, approval (though still low) of these behaviors has been creeping up: While a select few actions remain deeply taboo for much of the … Continue reading →
…says Orin Kerr, law professor at George Washington Law School and expert in criminal procedure and computer crime law: If I understand the history correctly, in the late 1990s, the President was impeached for lying about a sexual affair by … Continue reading →
When I first heard about the charges against Dennis Hastert, I was puzzled. There’s a law against withdrawing your own money from the bank in cash and not reporting the transaction? How many people have ever heard of such a … Continue reading →
An alert reader send me a link to this article debunking the study described in this previous post of mine. Donald Green, the Columbia political science professor who was the senior author on the study, which was published in Science … Continue reading →
…and pointing with anger and derision at the revelations that Josh Duggar, now 27 and married with children, once sexually molested several minor girls and the issue was dealt with extra-judicially. I’ve written about the Duggars before, here. They are … Continue reading →
While it may be that Everybody Loves Raymond, does everyone actually love sex, as film director Gaspar Noe said at the Cannes Film Festival the other day?: “I have friends who love money, some who love coke, some who love … Continue reading →
Now we have an effort to teach “gender fluidity” in middle and high school: Fairfax County Public Schools released a report recommending changes to their family life curriculum for grades 7 through 12. The changes, which critics call radical gender … Continue reading →
An excellent move: Nicole Eramo is seeking more than $7.5 million in damages from Rolling Stone; its parent company, Wenner Media; and Sabrina Rubin Erdely, the investigative journalist who wrote the explosive account of sexual assault on the campus in … Continue reading →
If I were a NY firefighter—woman or man—this would make me very, very angry: The FDNY for the first time in its history will allow someone who failed its crucial physical-fitness test to join the Bravest, The Post has learned. … Continue reading →
This article claims that women are “silenced” in online conversations. And yet, when you read it, you discover that what is meant is that women just don’t post as often as men in online forums. That somehow translates into “silenced”? … Continue reading →
I’ve learned that speculation on how SCOTUS will rule is pretty worthless. And yet we’re all tempted to do it. But this one has me stumped, and I cannot even make a prediction except to say the liberals on the … Continue reading →
Ian Reisner, a New York hotelier who identifies as gay, is pro-gay marriage, and owns gay-friendly hotels with names like “OUT NYC,” has experienced the wrath of the gay marriage absolutists. What on earth did Mr. Reisner do to cause … Continue reading →