The Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that schools cannot strip search students, with Clarence Thomas as the lone dissenter. In the case, a 13 year old was accused of having ibuprofen by an ex-friend. Though the school never searched her locker or desk, they strip searched the girl. For ibuprofen. Redding says she was then asked [...]

In an upsetting – but expected ruling – the CA Supreme Court voted to uphold Proposition 8, which reads: Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California. Wording like this would have been torn to shreds by my high school debate team (which once, rather infamously, defined Huckleberry Finn, in [...]

As I’ve mentioned before, I’ve started outsourcing. A lot. Most of the outsourcing goes to an (awesome) assistant in the Philippines, who does everything from online research to document editing. She’s great, and she’s quite literally changed my approach to working. Although most people are merely intrigued by my hiring a remote assistant, a surprising [...]

Racism is rampant. Maybe this election has made people less racist, maybe it hasn’t. At the very least, I hope that it has made people realize that, yes, racism is still very much alive. As a quick illustration, check out the top 10 Google search suggestions for Obama: 30% are race-related issues: “birth certificate”, “muslim” [...]

Brought to you by Google’s 2001 search index, a quick comparison to show just how new to the scene Sarah Palin is: John McCain: 158,000 hits in 2001Joe Biden: 3,240 hits in 2001Barack Obama: 671 hits in 2001Sarah Palin: 0 hits in 2001. Despite being mayor of a small town, the internet had not even [...]