Maggie Henry '14 argues that the overturning of Proposition 8 on Tuesday is a gift for opponents of the legislation, as it reduced the law to an argument about inequality.
Comcast v. FCC dealt proponents of net neutrality a significant blow, but the debate about fairness and equality on the web has not ended. Columnist David Murdter '12 explains what steps can be taken in the wake of this landmark Supreme Court ruling.
Back in the 1920s, when vaudeville ruled the entertainment scene, each troupe registered their act with the administrative office. If an act accused another act of joke stealing, the parties would go back to the main office, check the records and see who performed the piece first.
I remember May 26, 2009 quite vividly. My friend Ben and I took the subway into San Francisco. Protest signs in hand, we made our way to the steps of the California Supreme Court building, joining the throngs of people who had been waiting there all morning — waiting, eagerly, for the announcement of the decision of Strauss v. Horton, the case that would decide the fate of the well-known and highly controversial Proposition 8.
Long gone are the days of Blackbeard; however, in the last two decades piracy has risen again as a serious concern to the global community. In the last few months dozens of ships have been attacked or seized. Last week a ship bound for New Orleans was seized in the Indian Ocean. Many ships languish off the coast of Somalia as floating booty.
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