SPECIAL SIDEBAR TOPICS THAT AFFECT INDIVIDUAL
(these are related
to the footnote files for the two DADT books and the OFR book)
Some general questions (for fiction
writing) |
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Let’s understand the “social conservative”
position on family and gays |
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Commentary on Santorum’s remarks |
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Does Lawrence v. Texas mean that
there will be efforts to provide a constitutional definition (by
constitutional amendment) of marriage as applying to man-woman couples only? |
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State-by-state list of proposed legislation
and litigation with respect to gay adoptions, gay custody, gay marriage and
civilian gay employment issues (eff. Early 2005) |
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Comment of |
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An overview of the spam problem and
possible downstream liability issues for small businesses |
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An overview of copyright infringement and
piracy, and the measures to combat these: is the cure worse than the disease? |
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A viewpoint on social programs, the family,
personal responsibility, social justice, and individualism |
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A summary discussion of the 2001 U.S.A.
Patriot Act |
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Will the ban on most Internet sales taxes
be extended in 2004? |
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Legislation and litigation regarding
possible censorship of the Internet, especially, the Child Online Protection
Act |
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Military ban against gays |
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Is the military "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy regarding gays and lesbians constitutional? |
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Update on Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell in 2000
(published in Minnesota Libertarian Mar 2000) |
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Could the military go back to “Asking”
sexual orientation if “conservatives” win in 2000? |
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Boy Scout ban on gays (akin to “don’t ask
don’t tell”); letter by Barney Frank on 2005; comments on Supreme Court
opinion on the James Dale case |
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The blood donation “ban” – and asking |
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Letter to Editor (by me) of Twin Cities City Pages on their 1999 story on miltary gay ban recoupments. |
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Benefits of marriage |
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Affirmative action |
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Additional comments on the political fallout of AIDS |
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Creativity, marriage, personal relationships, and politics: a psychological perspective |
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An analysis of the psychological roots of homophobia |
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Recent attempts to cause new challenges to Roe v. Wade |
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Employment discrimination (gays), age discrimination
, and hate crimes laws
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Real estate and mortgage interest deduction |
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Labor unions |
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Tort reform (not just a question of punitive damages and plaintiff’s bars) |
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Health care, eldercare, and social security |
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Taxes, libertarians, and free expression |
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How government hurts small business |
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Personal liberty and vulnerable citizens |
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Proposed national Town Hall speech |
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Education and the Profiles of Learning |
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Different ways to look at individualism,
meritocracy, socialism, social conservatism |
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Foreign Policy, interventionism and
isolationism |
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Campaign reform and term limits |
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Some notes about various kinds of liability
insurance |
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Conflicts of interest possible with
employment and writing |
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Private and Public Enterprise and sports
stadiums |