David Boies On Gay Marriage

David Boies on Gay Marriage in Monday's Wall Street Journal.

"Countries as Catholic as Spain, as different as Sweden and South Africa, and as near as Canada have embraced gay and lesbian marriage without any noticeable effect -- except the increase in human happiness and social stability that comes from permitting people to marry for love."


"There are those who sincerely believe that homosexuality is inconsistent with their religion -- and the First Amendment guarantees their freedom of belief. However, the same First Amendment, as well as the Due Process and Equal Protection clauses, preclude the enshrinement of their religious-based disapproval in state law."

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Would you save more if saving was more like gambling

Jason Zweig writes in the Journal about a type Certificate of Deposit that is also a raffle for cash prizes. It seems that incentive is working. The eight credit unions in Michigan participating in this type of CD have attracted $3.1 million in new deposits because of this product.

Would you save an additional $25 for the possibility of winning $400? or $100,000?

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It's a bird, It's a plane, It's a waste of $170,000?

If you could raise $170,000 what would do with the money?

There are infinite answers to this question and all can be judged. Some people would do great things with $170,000 others would piss the money on meaningless crap.

An article in this weekends WSJ tells the story of a group of people that raised $170,000 to restore the house of one of the creators of the Superman comic. This may fall into the meaningless crap category. Some one lives in the "Krypton" house (actually it is in Cleveland - slightly less exotic but not completely destroyed, yet) and has lived there for 25 years. I guess this is great windfall for him.

I know I could find more important problems to fix than Superman's would be "birth place". I think I could find one in Cleveland.

I like Superman not as much as some people but I appreciate the concept.

The back story to the creation of Superman is interesting in pseudo "Bruce Wayne" sort of way. Jerry Seigel the co-creator imagined ways that his father's life could have been saved from a robbery at his Cleveland clothing store in 1932. A year later "The Man of Steal" was born. I am actually glad I know that.

Maybe Shaq can live in house for his stay in Cleveland.

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