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Internet Porn Recedes?

> Amended Section 2257 recordkeeping regulations [went] into effect at midnight [Wednesday] tonight. The federal law requires website owners to keep records documenting, among other things, that "every performer portrayed in a visual depiction of actual sexually explicit conduct" is over the age of 18. . . > Section 2257

More on .XXX

This is interesting. We haven't taken a position on the .XXX domain, but we were inclined to approve of it since the First Amendment Absolutists tend to disapprove of it (they fear that sites will be forced to register as .XXX, even though the sites themselves don'

Young Marx

Interesting piece at Tech Central Station, A Tale of Two Prophet: Karl Marx and Brigham Young. Link [http://www.techcentralstation.com/062405C.html]. Excerpt: > Brigham Young believed that man was put on earth to do hard physical work with his hands, and he believed this was the only sure

Pride Parade Side Shows

Keeping you abreast of breaking news at the Pride Parade: > This Sunday in a Wells Fargo bank parking lot near San Francisco's City Hall, August Knight will demonstrate for any adult who cares to stop by what it's like to be flogged -- and enjoy it.

LW2 Trailer

The first Lion Witch and the Wardrobe trailer is out. Link [http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2003080001-2005250614,00.html]. It looks good. Of course, all trailers look good, but based on everything we read, we're optimistic this will be a hit and trigger six sequels.

PSA

As mentioned yesterday, blogging will be light today. It's the 27th Annual Scheske Open. Eric Scheske has been beckoned to the golf course for his annual battle with the capital sin of anger. There will be a few breaks during the post-golf festivities, but just a few.

Free Koran

The Council on American-Islamic Relations is mailing out free copies of the Koran. Go here [http://www.cair-net.org/explorethequran/] to order one. Ten dudes with black scarves around their faces will even visit your house thirty days after you order. To, you know, answer any questions you

We Will Drink to His Memory

> Gene Ford, 77, a wine writer and educator who wrote extensively about the health benefits of moderate drinking, died June 10 of complications from heart surgery at a hospital in Seattle. Link [http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-passings22.2jun22,0,5699554.story?coll=la-home-obituaries]

Tradition is Right?

> Married men earn more than bachelors so long as their wives stay at home doing the housework, according to a report Wednesday from Britain's Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER). > Academics Elena Bardasi and Mark Taylor found that a married man whose wife does not

The Writer

We're a part-time literary blog, so we feel obligated to bring you this: a 30-foot-tall sculpture, "the Writer." It's on display in London's Hampstead Heath. Italian artist Giancarlo Neri says the sculpture is "a monument to the loneliness