Waiting for Vu in Ann Arbor with the South Lyon blues again.
* The end of fish. Via MeFi.
* I must be getting old—it's the second day in a row I've agreed with a conservative on the Supreme Court. And this time it was Antonin Scalia!
"The cross doesn't honor non-Christians who fought in the war?" Scalia asks, stunned.I think he's right about this; it seems to me to be a pretty clear (and frankly inoffensive) case of civil religion, which is historically acceptable in our legal tradition. Dissenting views from Steve Benen and Pharyngula.
"A cross is the predominant symbol of Christianity, and it signifies that Jesus is the son of God and died to redeem mankind for our sins," replies Eliasberg, whose father and grandfather are both Jewish war veterans.
"It's erected as a war memorial!" replies Scalia. "I assume it is erected in honor of all of the war dead. The cross is the most common symbol of ... of ... of the resting place of the dead."
* Also via MeFi: results from OKCupid data that suggests race's impact on online dating behavior.
* George Saunders lives in a tent city for GQ.
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