Making Marriage Religious?

Mary-Ann Greanier, in her tongue-in-cheek article “Biblical Sense: Making Marriage Religious”, argues to make any marriage law in strict accordance with the Bible, so there’s no sense of hypocracy, including:

“A marriage shall be considered valid only if the wife is a virgin. If the wife is found not to be a virgin, “they shall take her to the door of her father’s house and her fellow citizens shall stone her to death” (Deut. 22:13-21). (Here, Governor Romney’s resurrection of the death penalty will come in handy.)”

Back in Seattle

I’m in Seattle this weekend, and my friend Mary is in from Brighton. This weekend has been about reconnection with friends and family, which makes every trip here (about every six weeks) not so much of a vacation, but a bit of making the rounds. Kirk’s birthday party at Madame K’s, and then a nice detour to Molly Maguire’s to see what Ballard is up to these days.

As a result of seeing this link, I am now a subscriber to Vice Magazine.

The O’Franken Factor

Steve Bartman, the infamous Cub fan who allegedly deflected a ball in the 6th game of the Cubs vs Florida playoffs is getting his due: MSNBC is airing live coverage of the foul ball’s destruction on February 26th, in hopes of lifting the Cubs curse.

In other Chicago news, Progress Media’s liberal radio network has found an outlet in the city at WNTD-AM 950, a former Spanish-language radio station. Al Franken will feature prominently at the network, with his show, “The O’Franken Factor”.