aTypical Joe: a gay New Yorker living in the rural South

Monday, June 30, 2008

Links for 2008-06-30

I’ve gotten behind…

TODAY ON TMV:

- The Murky Evidence For and Against the Death Penalty as Deterrence, Wolfers and Sunstein from an OpEd in the WaPo find that they were misunderstood by the SCOTUS.

- Georgia Supreme Court considers proportionality in sex offender case, we can only hope they’ll do the right thing in this sad story of a young “sex-offender”.

YESTERDAY ON TMV:

- Craig & Vitter co-sponsor marriage protection amendment, Dan Sweeney says, Chutzpah Defined!

- Silent Witnesses provide a “human spiritual firewall” at Central PA LGBT Pride events, my high school friend at last year’s at Hbg pride.

SATURDAY:

- Gay plot for hijacking America uncovered! Pat Boone says gays are like the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and the cunning communists.

FRIDAY

- Gay trend watch: wed on vacation, honeymoon at home! Planning for my 10 year anniversary next spring.

- The itch explained, on a type of nerve that is specific for itch.

THURSDAY

- On bans on handheld cellphones while driving, California’s getting a hand-held cellphone ban. I still want automated driving (though it probably isn’t as close as I thought).

WEDNESDAY

- Sunstein’s Nudge, “Choice Architecture”, and Obama, I’m glad Sunstein’s an Obama adviser!

TUESDAY

- Disney’s involuntary contribution to the peaceful evolution in China, pirated DVDSs…

- A rare look inside the Gill Action Fund, this Advocate article got much less attention than it deserved!