meta-roj

a wonderful first-person account of the burden on culture from the business of music.

accuracy in the media

theatre

jazzman

producer

k-ration

juan valdez

physicist

The Arrival of Secret Law FAS Project on Government Secrecy, Volume 2004, Issue No. 100, November 14, 2004

“That is called ‘sensitive security information.’ She’s not allowed to see it, nor is anyone else,” he said.

Thus, in a qualitatively new development in U.S. governance, Americans can now be obligated to comply with legally-binding regulations that are unknown to them, and that indeed they are forbidden to know.

This is not some dismal Eastern European allegory.

this is not my america.

[via metafilter

Cross-Dress Tradition A Real Drag [cbs news, november 17, 2004]

A homecoming tradition in which boys dress like girls and vice versa in a tiny Texas school district won’t be held Wednesday after a parent complained about what she regarded as the event’s homosexual overtones.

the complaining parent is one delana davies, backed up by the liberty legal group

Cross-Dress Tradition A Real Drag [cbs news, november 17, 2004]

“It’s like experimenting with drugs,” Davies said. “You just keep playing with it and it becomes customary. … If it’s OK to dress like a girl today, then why is it not OK in the future?”

well, as long as we’re clear that it’s never ok to dress like a girl….

more interesting is that the school district has replaced this tradition with a new one – camo day. encouraging children to dress up in camoflage and black boots.

if it’s ok to dress like a soldier, then why is not not ok in the future?

violence is always a better message to send to kids than sex.

welcome to your future, children. hello columbine.