The Hall of Fire

I don't think there is an analogy between athletic training and gaming (or any other form of consumer-based entertainment), any more than there is an analogy between someone who spends at least 30 hours a week gainfully employed and someone who spends the same amount of time on gaming. They are two ...

(Not so sure that playing "World of Warcraft" should be in there, though. From what I hear from my son, it's a kick-ass game.) It should be in there because he was fully addicted to it during his teenage years, to an extent that even he recognizes in his manifesto was gravely harmful. I t...

Another element that warrants closer attention is the internalized racism he had as a half-white/half-Asian person. This was an interesting read on the issue. Essentially, his worldview placed "normal" white people at the top, followed by half-whites like himself. The rest of us rate somew...

Mrchigan? I woke up this morning and I was still married to my husband, BTW. You are not in compliance with Oregon state law. You must report to City Hall forthwith so that each of you can be assigned your new compulsory same-sex marriage partners. This has been black-letter gay marriage law since ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_United_States#States_with_stayed_rulings_for_same-sex_marriage Looks like we are in fact at 25, counting seven stayed rulings - with VA, UT, OK, TX, MI, ID, and MR in that camp. (The total count that this thread uses - 19 - includes DC, so we are...

Great news! Now please send all the newlywed couples to honeymoon in California. We are relaliably informed that this is guaranteed to cause massive rainfall, and the draught is fierce here. You joke, but :D I worked for the ACLU in a particular state when I was in law school and participated in th...

So proud of everyone who participated in the marathon and supported the runners this year. And delighted that the men's winner is an American this year! I'm pretty happy that he's a Californian, too, but s'pose it wouldn't have hurt if he was a Bostonian.

A murder victim's son recently wrote a detailed piece about watching the execution of his father's killer in Texas. It is the most raw and wrenching account I can recall ever reading by a witness to an execution. It's one person's perspective, with all the limitations that entails - but absolutely w...

This conversation, again? AGAIN? Good times! :) I don't remember if it was V here or Jnyusa on TORC who pointed out that sexual orientation is not a protected class in Arizona, and therefore discriminating against someone on that basis is not illegal, and so the proposed law was quite pointless. Act...

Both are stayed, right? So I don't get to upgrade the thread title yet.

Washington joins Oregon in governor-imposed moratorium status: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/12/us/wa ... ml?hp&_r=0

Title edited. What is interesting is the partial parallel to 2008-09 in California, where the CSC had to decide the validity of the marriages entered into pursuant to a judicial decision that was ultimately overturned. The Tenth Circuit may have signaled us how they would rule on this issue, and if ...

I would expect this to go to the full Court - and if it does not, that itself is quite a strong statement. What do you think, V?

(I was also surprised by the Tenth, but I am not complaining.)

Title updated. We actually skipped eighteen (due to my being so busy at work that I didn't even hear about NM until after UT), but we may need to drop back to eighteen if UT is stayed or reversed.

Well, I do have to say that people who are trying to prevent death penalty at the cost of innocent lives are... misguided seems a bit mild a word. Yes. I cannot say enough about how strongly I condemn this result. I will not say, condemn the people involved, because I think they are acting in good ...

Thanks, elsha. Now we move from your field to mine - at least, the field I have just departed (if anyone has questions about that sentence, PM or email). One of the hottest issues in death penalty litigation at present is the lethal injection protocol to be used to execute death-sentenced defendants...

For me, the first practical issue that comes to mind here is: regardless of how the state/prosecution and inmate feel about this, wouldn't doctors be foreclosed as a matter of medical ethics from effectively executing the inmate by removing his heart? In general, doctors are forbidden by their field...

Haha, I'll tell the truth. They'll deal with it, and it's honestly not going to be close to the most awkward situation I've dealt with this past month (won't even hit the top five), so it's all good. But I definitely understand your need for discretion, River. I may or may not be able to make it bac...

In picking vacation spots, I'm imagining Hawaiians have the same problem as self-satisfied Bay Areans but even more so: how do you improve on perfection? I was going to head over there for vacation in a couple of weeks but got dragged into a friend's Bermuda trip for Thanksgiving instead. :| You mig...

I know I tend to jump the gun with thread title changes, but I'm comfortable going ahead and adding Hawaii to the tally now. Should be official later today or tomorrow: http://www.advocate.com/politics/marria ... -due-today