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Friday, February 5, 2010 - 5:39pm By Dr Marty Klein…I gotta say I’m kinda confused. OK, I’m peeved. When I think of what you people put me through after the 2004 Superbowl, I shiver—and not in a good way. That ½-second shot of me during halftime? First, you accused me of ruining not just...
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Monday, February 1, 2010 - 8:07pm By Dr Marty KleinYou’ve heard about the recent Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. Overturning the heart of the McCain-Feingold Act, the Court said that corporate donations to elections cannot be limited because it would...
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Saturday, January 30, 2010 - 12:09am By Dr Marty KleinThe verdict is in: the guy who murdered physician George Tiller will spend the rest of his life in jail, feeling good about what he did. Yes, the verdict shows that the justice system works, sometimes. But this doesn’t bring back Tiller. His...
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Thursday, January 28, 2010 - 12:47am By Dr Marty KleinA pair of transportation giants revealed last week that as parts of Western society become more comfortable acknowledging sexuality, discomfort and fear of sexuality are still as powerful as ever. For starters, Carnival Cruises of Miami...
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009 - 11:44am By Dr Marty KleinAfter taking thousands of pictures around the globe with my trusty Pentax, I bought a digital camera last week. If you already have one, this may sound pretty ho-hum. But to someone who spends hundreds of dollars on film every time he leaves...
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Saturday, November 7, 2009 - 9:52pm By Dr Marty KleinThe lineup of speakers was extraordinary: a Senator; senior executives from companies like Verizon and Comcast; several state Attorneys General; President Obama’s Deputy Chief Technology Officer; and dozens of heavy hitters like Adam Thierer (...
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Monday, October 26, 2009 - 11:47am By Dr Marty KleinToday starts WRAP Week: White Ribbons Against Pornography. Sponsored by groups including Concerned Women for America (CWA) and Morality in Media (MIM), the goal of the week is “to educate the public about the extent of the pornography problem and...
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Thursday, October 15, 2009 - 7:28pm By Dr Marty Klein• Because murder is a terrible thing, the state of Alaska wants to outlaw films depicting murder. • Because physical abusing and raping women is a terrible thing, the state of Alaska wants to outlaw TV programs showing this. • Because sexually...
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Sunday, September 27, 2009 - 12:36pm By Dr Marty KleinThe Iowa Supreme Court has affirmed the conviction of 18-year-old Jorge Canal, who complied with a 14-year-old friend’s request for a photo of his penis. The young man is now forced to register as a sex offender, meaning his chances of getting...
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009 - 12:22pm By Dr Marty KleinI’m returning from New York, where I keynoted a big Planned Parenthood event. It’s wonderful to speak to groups of people who support sexual rights. It always feels like visiting family. (The family that makes you feel welcome, not the family...
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Monday, September 7, 2009 - 9:05pm By Dr Marty KleinAmerica has triumphed over Indianapolis for the third time. In 1984, religious fundamentalists on the Indianapolis City Council teamed up with phony “feminist” Catharine MacKinnon to outlaw adult entertainment in the city. It was bad enough...
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Wednesday, September 2, 2009 - 2:23am By Dr Marty KleinBoth sides agree—the whole fight over same-gender marriage and other civil rights for gays is about the right to decide what’s normal. Now there’s nothing more normal than ice cream, and there’s no ice cream more delicious than Ben & Jerry...
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Saturday, August 1, 2009 - 9:00am By John LeavittThe Forbidden Apple By Kat Long Ig Publishing, 288 pp. Sitting here, right now, at the kitchen table, I can count no less than eight books detailing the various histories of New York City. Gay histories, Black histories, Irish histories, Women's...
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Thursday, July 30, 2009 - 4:55pm By Dr Marty KleinThe drawing below is a vintage 1895 bicycle advertising poster, featuring a nude nymph flying alongside a winged bike. The ad appeared at the height of the European bicycle craze, which liberated women to leave the house without petticoats,...
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Monday, July 27, 2009 - 10:41am By Dr Marty KleinA whole lot of Conservative bigshots wrote a letter last week to Attorney General Eric Holder. They lied and lied and lied about pornography, then asked to meet with Holder as soon as possible so they could tell him how to rewrite Justice...
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