May
16
Do you feel that women participate equally in the responsibilities and rewards of all aspects of the nation’s governance, economic activity, social and cultural institutions and family?
Share your opinion (and see what others think) by taking the short poll from Care2.com and Legal Momentum!
And yes, it’s most likely intended to introduce you to [...]
Nov
17
Watchtower Cashing In on Real Estate
Nonprofits Not Shy About Cashing In on Real Estate Gems
In Brooklyn, the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Watchtower Bible & Tract Co. of New York sold a building at 89 Hicks St. to Brooklyn Law School. A few months ago it sold a 48-unit elevator apartment building for $14 million.
(Non-JW!) College Students Ban [...]
Nov
06
Find Your Polling Place
http://www.vote411.org - They also have a good rundown of statewide ballot measures with pros and cons.
http://www.democrats.org/pollingplace
Election Day Problems? Toll Free:
1-866-MYVOTE1 (Common Cause non partisan voter alert line)
1-888-DEM-VOTE (DNC Voting Rights Institute, Democratic voter assistance)
1-888-VE-Y-VOTA (League of United Latin American Citizens)
1-866-OUR-VOTE (Velvet Revolution)
1-888-VOTETIP Fraud Reports Only*
(* VelvetRevolution is offering a $500,000 [...]
Oct
21
The leadership of Jehovah’s Witnesses has begun losing its court battles at last. Failing to cooperate with the “worldly authorities” in California will no longer be tolerated by the court. What this appears to mean, first of all, is that their database of known predators must be turned over, as well as documents having to [...]
May
01
That’s the number of laws that Bush has claimed authority to disobey.
Among the laws Bush said he can ignore are military rules and regulations, affirmative-action provisions, requirements that Congress be told about immigration services problems, ”whistle-blower” protections for nuclear regulatory officials, and safeguards against political interference in federally funded research.
Legal scholars say the scope and [...]
Mar
05
I’ve been having an extended discussion/argument with a Canadian Jehovah’s Witness in the comments of an old post. Feel free to read the whole thing if you can bear it. Yes. It’s long. I know. There were some resources in my latest reply that I thought might help others - so here’s a piece:
Most of [...]