•A homeowners association sues a resident for parking his pickup truck (which he says is his personal vehicle) in his driveway. I’ve heard of other communities which try to impose rules like that (by ordinance, covenant, whatever)—at least in some cases, it’s a desire that visitors and possible buyers only see “classy” vehicles around.
•A public hackers-for-hire website assures people that it’s only connecting hackers with clients who want them for legal jobs.
•New conservative talking point: LBJ wanted Martin Luther King to be like Hitler! Other conservatives assert (quite inaccurately) that MLK would never support programs designed to benefit blacks. And that conservative Republicans are MLK’s true heirs.
•Two kids (one 10, one six) walk a mile home from the playground. Cops investigate to find why parents would allow children to do that.
•Digby looks at our government’s willingness to ignore the theocratic nastiness of our friend and ally, Saudi Arabia.
•Echidne studies the details of new anti-abortion bills and one that demands government not discriminate—against hospitals or other health-care providers that take federal money but don’t want to provide “abortion-related activities.” I’ve written about similar conscience clauses here and here.
•Duke University proposes broadcasting a Muslim call for daily prayer from the chapel’s bell tower. The religious right freaks out.
•Here’s what one class is learning in sex ed.
