Is the United States moving toward legal equality between gay and straight couples? What does the U.S. Constitution have to say about the question? And should the Republican Party, long committed to opposing gay marriage, rethink its position? Two of the nation’s best-known advocates on the issue — Evan Wolfson, widely seen as the master strategist behind the movement for same-sex marriage, and Ken Mehlman, a key figure in Republican rethinking of the issue, will be joined by Ilya Shapiro, who heads... Читать дальше...
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WHEN an Avro Lancastrian—a modified bomber with no gun turrets and a small amount of room for passengers—became the first scheduled flight to take off from Heathrow in 1946, the airport’s passenger terminal was just a row of tents. But it had plenty of room to grow. Within a year, it saw 63,000 passengers. Within five years that had grown to 796,000.
Now, with five terminal buildings (one closed at present) and 193 destinations, Heathrow welcomes 70m passengers a year. Читать дальше...