Gay Weddings and 32 Funerals: Remembering the UpStairs Lounge Fire
To fully understand recent events, it's important to remember a tragedy that happened thirty-five years ago, and how much things have changed for gays and lesbians since then.
To fully understand recent events, it's important to remember a tragedy that happened thirty-five years ago, and how much things have changed for gays and lesbians since then.
Greg Lukianoff | Posted 06.24.2008 | Living
Harvard University is enshrined in the popular imagination as our nation's premier liberal arts institution. So when Harvard does something foolish like censoring a proposed student party because of its mildly risque name -- it's a big deal.
Greg Lukianoff | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics
California's Constitution requires state employees to pledge to take up arms to defend the state against enemies. The oath was added in 1952; it was hardly justifiable then and is a bizarre anachronism now.
AP | KELLEY SHANNON | Posted 06.08.2008 | Politics
AUSTIN, Texas — Arson is suspected in a fire that swept through the historic Texas governor's mansion early Sunday, leaving much of the 152-year...
Julia Gorin | Posted 05.13.2008 | Politics
The short version: Bosnian police arrest 5 terrorism suspects, seize weapons, bomb-making manual Some analysis, excerpted below: Terror plot thwarte...
Greg Lukianoff | Posted 05.02.2008 | Living
Never mind what's actually inside the book -- Keith John Sampson's book cover had a picture of hooded Klansmen burning a cross on the cover! So his workmates freaked out.
Greg Lukianoff | Posted 05.02.2008 | Politics
Check out Julian Sanchez's take on why students at Smith should not be proud they disrupted a campus speech by an anti-gay speaker. In his post--whi...
Greg Lukianoff | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics
If Ben Stein cares so much about free speech and academic freedom, where has he been all these years?
Greg Lukianoff | Posted 04.15.2008 | Politics
Ding ding! It's round two of my digital debate with Michael Shermer, of Skeptic magazine, over on the Los Angeles Times' "Dust-Up" feature. Today's to...
Greg Lukianoff | Posted 04.14.2008 | Politics
All week long, I'll be digitally debating Michael Shermer, Scientific American columnist and editor of Skeptic magazine, over on the Los Angeles Times' "Dust-Up" feature. Today's topic? Allegations of political bias in the college classroom.
Greg Lukianoff | Posted 04.11.2008 | Media
On Tuesday, the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression announced this year's recipients of its annual "Muzzle Awards," a dubious distinction awarded to "the country's most egregious and ridiculous censors."
Greg Lukianoff | Posted 04.07.2008 | Politics
Some school administrators have been using the campus shootings of the past two years as an excuse to justify cracking down on speech they don't like.
Greg Lukianoff | Posted 03.31.2008 | Media
The combination of free speech, sex, and college students has turned the JuicyCampus.com story into media gold.
Nicholas Brown | Posted 02.27.2008 | Living
The ax holes in our door were an early sign that not all was well. They were also, perhaps, a sign of overzealousness on the part of the fire department.
Lloyd Garver | Posted 12.20.2007 | Politics
For quite a while, many of us have been disturbed by the shredding of documents and the erasures of tapes by the current administration. Yesterday's h...
AP | Posted 12.19.2007 | Politics
Thick black smoke billowed from a fire Wednesday on the White House compound in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. The blaze appeared to be lo...
CNN | Posted 11.12.2007 | Home
Watch the video on the London fire from CNN. Read more about the London fire here. ...
BBC News | Posted 11.12.2007 | Home
A big fire breaks out in east London close to the site of the proposed 2012 Olympic stadium. Click here to see a slideshow of the fire. Read more de...
AP | Posted 10.31.2007 | Politics
The Senate's Hart office building was evacuated briefly Wednesday after a fire alarm went off and boxes at the bottom of a stairwell were found to be ...
Chris Weigant | Posted 10.26.2007 | Politics
It's been a busy week in Washington, providing lots and lots of fodder for this week's Friday Talking Points column. After being named last week's Mos...
AP | NOAKI SCHWARTZ | Posted 10.21.2007 | Home
Wildfires fanned by fierce desert winds threatened thousands of Southern California homes Monday, as firefighters struggled to combat the blazes that ...
Carl Pope | Posted 09.05.2007 | Home
Helena, MT -- Montana has been suffering an enormously bad wildfire season -- the legacy of a century of timber industry-driven forest mismanagement a...
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BARCELONA, Spain — Christian Bale swept into Barcelona on Wednesday night to attend a...
If you're wondering about the recent articles claiming that a study found...
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Erik Ose | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics