"Big Love:" Polygamy and the Gay Marriage Debate

“Consciously taking tactics from the gay-rights movement, polygamists have reframed their struggle, choosing in interviews to de-emphasize their religious beliefs and focus on their desire to live “in freedom,” according to Anne Wilde, director of community relations for Principle Voices, a pro-polygamy group based in Salt Lake.”
“In recent months, polygamy activists have held rallies, appeared [...]

Nip/Tuck: Is Plastic Surgery An Admission That You "Aren’t Good Enough?"

“There’s no question that we’re witnessing a quiet revolution in how we think about self-improvement: rather than addressing our lives from the inside-out, we’re now addressing them from the outside-in. It would be easy to conclude that we’ve simply become superficial or that advanced surgical techniques have unleashed our latent shallowness. But my point is [...]

A Palestinian Peace at Hand?

One of Condoleeza Rice’s senior advisers offered his resignation yesterday effective January 2nd. Philip Zelikow was Dr. Rice’s in house contrarian who argued that the best way to help the U.S. cause in the Middle East is by pushing for an Arab-Israeli peace plan.
In a speech to the Washington Institute for Near [...]