Because it rests upon the conceptualization of gender and sexuality as dichotomous, which is not the case. 'Acceptance' for the LGBT community is fine, but I think most marginalized sexualities and genders would prefer to be integrated as well, rather than relegated to merely "the opposite of normal". Yes, we ought…

Except, after 39 years and countless revisions to safety standards both from governmental policy and self-regulation on the part of auto manufacturers, we seem to be no closer to this 'grim' future. Meanwhile, both the total number of automobile-related deaths per year, and the number of deaths per capita have…

Nate, thank you so much first of all for your hard work and insight during this past election. The seemingly-endless capacity for certain parts of the political spectrum to react like children in the face of inconvenient mathematics must have been hard to deal with.

I can't speak for Native Americans on this issue, but I agree with the point that a few commenters have made that if one is to be outraged by this, then one ought to be outraged by every misappropriation of cultural artifacts by everyone. This seems to be far from the case however, because every March there is a day…