Video Games make kids Violent?

I mean, we’ve known for years that video games teach kids to kill. Locking, loading, and firing an assault rifle is almost exactly the same as pressing the ctrl key, after all. They’ve been secretly training us for years.

Papers, please

Go ahead, read this article from Slashdot, then read all the comments. Just think about it for a bit, and then, if you’re not steaming mad… let me know so I can start calling you “COMRADE.”

SJC Decision on Same-Sex Marriage

A very interesting read. The “official” decision comes first, and is followed by an individual brief from one of the justices that takes a somewhat opposing view. Both are well thought out and very valid – only a few very, very fine points separate the two opinions.