UPDATED: Everything You Need to Keep Up With the Supreme Court Hearings About Prop 8 & DOMA (Link Roundup)

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Want to keep up with the hearings and make sense of what you’re reading? Here are some ways to get started.

Abortions, Men, Women, and being Called Sluts and Murderers

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Abortion, contraception, reproductive rights — these are issues of both men and women. Here are two stories.

What Comes Out of the Media’s Witchhunt Against Men? No Good.

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An example of how guys can suddenly go from “good” to “bad” in a heartbeat — one incident, based on unfounded truths and perpetuated stereotypes of men as sexual predators and purveyors of corporate greed.

Please Sir, Can I Read Some More

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When Kalimah Priforce was eight years old and in foster care, he got more books the only way he could. He went on a hunger strike.

Stop Coddling Billionaires! (says Warren Buffett)

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I have an even crazier solution: blow up the IRS and the IRS code and impose a simple flat tax of 25% of all income–poor, rich, even corporations.

Living With Voices

Joe Holt Schitzophrenic via New York Times

Joe Holt is a schizophrenic who hears voices that tell him how horrible he is. “There is nothing I can do to convince myself those voices aren’t real.”

Does Reporting on Reporting on Gossip Make it Not Gossip?

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Tom Matlack explains why gossiping about gossip is the same as doing a expose on pornography and then printing the porn as part of the story.

The 10 at 10

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Smile. You got through the most depressing day of the year.

How Innovative Is Your City?

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Looking for the city to best feed your creativity?