Alex Woodward at Gambit: Always crashing Whether the state decides to pursue the case, Louisiana still needs some serious, serious pedestrian safety reform. Lauren Smiley at SF Weekly: Wounded Pride Yet anyone who thinks gay teens raised in San Francisco have it easy was not there the day Rafique Franks got her wig snatched off …
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Clunky Caterpillars
Brad Lendon at CNN: Bark takes a bite out of crime (via Andrea) The study, being published in the journal Environment and Behavior, found that large trees tend to keep criminals out of residential properties while crime was higher on properties with smaller trees. Peter Byrne at Bohemian: Investors’ Payday 101 …while education is taking …
Contentious Xylophones
Hank Sims at The Journal: The Vote in the Hills Time moves more slowly up in the hills around northern and eastern Humboldt County, and political campaigns run more quietly. s.e. smith at The Sydney Morning Herald: Body blows to self-esteem The discussion about body image is dominated by two ideas; first, that all people …
Sour Doughnuts
Joel McNally at Shepard Express: Swooning for the Rich A lot of totally irrational forces seem to be swirling around the midterm elections this year. Alex Baca at Washington City Paper: Media Matters Wants You to Drop Fox Like It’s Hot Conservative-correcting non-profit Media Matters for America wants you to “Drop Fox”—and they’re launching their …
Flaky Figs
Michael Roberts at Denver Westword: Ken Buck spokesman pooh-poohs controversy over comparing homosexuality to alcoholism On Sunday, Ken Buck compared homosexuality to alcoholism during a nationally televised Meet the Press debate with Senator Michael Bennet — and host David Gregory also brought up Buck’s decision not to file rape charges in a much-debated 2005 case. …
Roaming Fenceposts
Carlito Pablo at Straight: Gay-bashing target Thomas Pope slams treatment by Vancouver Police Department A 21-year-old man suspects that the rude treatment he says he got from Vancouver police officers responding to a gay-bashing incident in which he was the victim isn’t an isolated case. Patrick Range McDonald at LA Weekly: Carly Fiorina Vs. Barbara …
Cascading Rumps
Jack Hunter at Charleston City Paper: The GOP’s Pledge to America is a joke When bailing out AIG, bolstering Medicare, or bombing Iraq, the GOP is not afraid to go big and bold in its effort to expand the size of government. But what about when the times call for cutting spending — you know, …
This Week On Glee: Don’t Act Gay!
The driving force behind this week’s Glee was, evidently, the message that being gay in high school is a-ok, as long as you don’t. You know. Act gay. Between everyone harshing on Kurt for wanting to sing a duet with New Kid and Rachel telling Kurt that even though he’s lonely, he’s not ‘alone,’ the …
Waxy Woad
John Geluardi at North Coast Journal: Legalization’s Opponents In 1911, after years of scandal and high-profile corruption trials, California voters overwhelmingly approved one of the most rigorous ballot initiative laws in the country. Rachel Ward at The Coast: Future funding uncertain for agencies that help homeless Groups that help homeless people in Halifax are once …
Squinting Carbon
Michael Roberts at Denver Westword: Police brutality: Were Michael DeHerrera and Shawn Johnson targeted because they’re gay? …there have been five incidents of police misconduct and brutality against members of the LGBTQ community in Denver this year, and four in others reported across the state. Chris Faraone at The Boston Phoenix: Is micro-news the future? …
