Commenter Jaime A. Headden writes: So, Jason, let’s try and consider what taking “marriage� off the books and simply replacing that term with another less loaded one? What do you think would happen, as a thought experiment? I hate to do this, but I feel like I have to restate the question in a...

A sudden crackdown by the Washington State Department of Licensing (WSDOL) has put part-time wrestlers in the Seattle Semi-Pro Wrestling league (SSP) in an awkward position. Last week, SSP wrestler Nathaniel Pinzon, 31 — who wrestles under the name Deevious Silvertongue — received word f...

[T]wo heterosexual Southern California college students – Ali Shams and Kaelan Housewright – want to take the state out of the marriage business. Their proposed measure calls for the term “marriage” to be removed from state laws and replaced with “domestic partnerships.” ...

About Megan McArdle’s Private Life, here. Attempting, successfully I’d say, to deflect charges of a conflict of interest. But seriously: Have you ever talked to Megan McArdle? If so, did it ever enter your mind that she wouldn’t share her exact opinion, whatever it was, regardless ...

Andrew Sullivan writes, Reading all the accounts of the oral arguments on Prop 8 yesterday (for a diverse round-up, see here), I have to say there’s a chance of what, to my mind, is the optimal decision. The Justices seemed highly skeptical - and rightly so - that a voters’ initiative co...

Ah, the joys of staying in a hotel. Too bad environmental spoil-sports are ruining it all: Then I spy one of those little placards, nestled among the tiny soaps or hanging from the towel rack, asking me to reuse my linens: “Save Our Planet … Every day millions of gallons of water are used to...

Resolved: Vigilantism is justified when the government has failed to enforce the law. In the Renaissance, a student at the Sorbonne once defended a startling thesis: “Everything Aristotle taught is false.” He went on to become a respected philosopher. I’d disagree with the student....

To Our Friends: We are deeply saddened and distressed that we, along with many others, have been the victims of what may be one of the largest investment frauds in history. We are writing to inform you that the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity had $15.2 million under management with Bernard Madof...

Two things that make me blissfully happy: Footprints 1.5 million years old. …and a robot that pours beer: Have a great weekend, everyone....

Wow. This is beyond parody: It’s long, but stick around for… “Just pretend you can’t hear us?” “Ok, who wants to be the facilitator?” And my personal favorite, “They probably drink corporate water.” I guess it’s obligatory that some comment...