Tonight in West Hollywood, a few thousand people gathered to protest the Prop 8 result and let off some steam. This wasn’t your usual feel-good rally: people are angry.
(The “chickens” reference is to an animal-rights proposition that passed on Tuesday.)
The crowd blocked the intersection of Santa Monica Blvd. and San Vicente…
…then moved down the street [...]
If I become a citizen in 2012 I might qualify in time to vote in that election. Perhaps I’ll be voting for a second Obama term. In the meantime, I’m a resident alien who votes in absentia in the UK.
I think voting is really important. The political system might suck, but in most countries people [...]
Stella was recently on call in Athens to step into the middle of a raging architectural controversy.
The Acropolis is a site of global import and for a century or more, a small and inadequate museum on the Acropolis itself housed its excavated treasures, but everyone agreed that a world-class 21st century museum was needed.
The Building
The [...]
When I was in sixth grade I started a fight at school. Actually it wasn’t much of a fight. I attacked and the other girl cried.
Here is what happened. The teacher asked us to create family crests. We were given a sheet of construction paper with a shield shape mimeographed on one side. The assignment [...]
You buy shade grown coffee. You try not to eat meat. You never buy products that aren’t cruelty free. You scorn SUVs. You only use cage free eggs and milk with no growth hormones. You shun Nikes and the sweatshops that churn them out. You make sure the [...]