By RP Staff, on Fri Sep 30, 2011 at 10:00 AM ET The Politics of Immigration Is there a generational bias on the federal courts regarding marriage equality? It’s a fair question following the recent dismissal of a lawsuit brought by a married binational couple who were denied a marriage-based green card by immigration officials. In the decision, U.S. district judge Stephen Wilson, a 1985 Reagan appointee, said that the court was bound by a 1982 case—a case in which officials at the time wrote that the gay couple’s attorney “had failed to establish that a bona fide marital relationship can exist between two faggots.” Should decisions involving civil rights issues be based on precedents set thirty years ago? The AdvocateThe current recession touches many lives, but, as is so often the case, it is innocent children that feel the pain of poverty without any understanding of the forces affecting their lives. Right now, it is Latino children that are statistically the poorest group in the United States. Learn more from the Pew Research Center.
By Zack Adams, RP Staff, on Fri Sep 30, 2011 at 9:15 AM ET The sports world has a pretty good grasp of steroids testing at this point. However, testing for Human Growth Hormone (HGH) is still lacking. Congress is now taking an interest.
“In letters obtained by The Associated Press on Thursday, leaders of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee invited NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith and the chief executive of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency to a meeting on Capitol Hill.” [ESPN]
By Zack Adams, RP Staff, on Thu Sep 29, 2011 at 3:00 PM ET
“The Fraying of a Nation’s Decency” An interesting article about Amazon.com. [NY Times]
The White House has been petitioning on a number of issues. However, the petition to “Direct the Patent Office to Cease Issuing Software Patents” has been a hit. [Technology Review India]
Diebold voting machines can be hacked by remote control? What?! Unbelievable. [Salon]
Since Spotify has been released in Sweden music piracy has dropped by 25%. [TorrentFreak]
Three Senators: Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Al Franken (D-MN), and Chris Coons (D-DE) have condemned OnStar for tracking its customers. Schumer called it “one of the most brazen invasions of privacy in recent memory.” [ars technica]
By Grant Smith, RP Staff, on Thu Sep 29, 2011 at 1:30 PM ET
Herman Cain’s Florida straw poll victory has many political junkies re-assessing his chances. [The Fix]
“Big Brother” is….Facebooking you? Just how much data-mining is going on at the world’s most popular social media site? [Forbes]
A Libertarian-In-Chief? Texas Congressman Ron Paul beats President Obama in a recent poll. [Yahoo Finance]
A famous reality T.V. star from Alaska laments that politics has begun to resemble her world. [The Atlantic]
As scorn for voting grows, protests are surging around the world. [The New York Times]
By Patrick Derocher, on Thu Sep 29, 2011 at 9:15 AM ET Pictured here at Davos in 2009, Coca-Cola CEO Muhtar Kent has been highly critical of the American business climate and political in-fighting. At the Clinton Global Initiative conference in New York, Coca-Cola CEO and Chairman Muhtar Kent remarked that China is becoming more hospitable to business than the United States. “You have a one-stop shop in terms of the Chinese foreign investment agency and local governments are fighting for investment with each other,” he said, noting that an arcane tax structure and political in-fighting were hurting the US’s business climate. [Atlanta Journal-Constitution]
By Zack Adams, RP Staff, on Wed Sep 28, 2011 at 3:00 PM ET
Chin-Up Bar [xkcd]
Bathroom Bathroom [Loading Artist]
Two types of Youtube comments [Youtube screenshot]
In the interest of safety [picture]
NO PLANKING! One of my favorite .gifs in a while. [.gif]
(Not) Coming to a theater near you. (Found in the back of an Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader.) [picture]
By Stephanie Doctrow, RP Staff, on Wed Sep 28, 2011 at 1:30 PM ET Many of us depend on that daily cup of joe to perk us up in the morning. But scientists are saying coffee now has an additional proven benefit: fighting off depression in women. [Time]
In honor of National Sandwich Week (yes, that’s a thing), Good magazine presents eight of the world’s craziest condiments. [Good]
When it comes to designing the best tissues ahead of flu season, it’s an arms race to the best new product. [NY Times]
Laughter is the best medicine– but only if it’s certain types of humor. [Psychology Today]
By RP Staff, on Wed Sep 28, 2011 at 12:30 PM ET Is sending our kids to single gendered schools really a good idea? Recent studies show that children actually may not perform better academically, and that these schools may be inadvertently reinforcing gender stereotypes. Could single gendered schools actually be detrimental to society? [Science Daily]
The first United States Census accounting for married same sex couples was released on September 27. It reports that there are currently 514,735 same sex household and 131,729 married couples. But exactly how accurate is the Census Bureau? [USA Today]
Do women with more responsibilities have a lower sex drive? A study done in Sub-Saharan Africa examined the connection between a woman’s position in her household and the frequency of which she has intercourse. Is this study potentially applicable to women in the United States? Could women with more stressful jobs have a lower sex drive? [Science Daily]
Frighteningly, the number of young people that are concerned about having safe sex is on the decline. What kind of impact does our education system have on these attitudes? [New York Daily News]
By Sandra Moon, RP Staff, on Wed Sep 28, 2011 at 10:00 AM ET
Killer melons: 13 people are dead and 72 people are sick after eating listeria-contaminated cantaloupes. [MSNBC.com]
Banks aren’t lending to first-time farmers. What does this mean for the next generation of American farmers? [NPR]
Some fast food chain restaurants have introduced alcohol on their menus, but the associated costs may not be worth it. [NY Times]
The RP’s Recipe of the Week: Fall is chili season. Try this hearty vegetarian recipe. [AllRecipes.com]
By Grant Smith, RP Staff, on Wed Sep 28, 2011 at 10:00 AM ET
The Dead Sea scrolls come to life on the web. [CNET]
Can the internet be used to help fight human trafficking? [JJIE.org]
A hunter may have killed a bear made famous by the internet. [Atlanta Journal]
A Windows based Phone Marketplace is now open for business. [CNET Business]
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