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You and Leonard Nimoy just headed to Las Vegas for one of the world's largest Star Trek conventions. What was that like? There used to be as many as 15,000 people coming to these conventions and I would get up and not quite know what the next word...
Do you remember what your first convention was like? Well, I declined for the longest time because I thought it was beneath me. Then I got there and realized it was above me.
Disorderly conduct has its roots in the mid--19th century, when police officers needed a way to quell street brawls that erupted between immigrants and nativist groups, like the 1849 riot at New York City's Astor Place Theatre that killed 22 people. Like all aspects of modern-day...
Thursday's ruling said that the legal ambiguity violated Purdy's basic rights, and interfered with her ability to choose how she dies - a right enshrined in the European Convention of Human Rights. "Everyone has the right to respect for their private life, and the way that Ms. Purdy determines...
On July 31, the group that congealed out of those early demonstrations - the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA) - is celebrating its 40th anniversary at a national convention in Washington. The all-volunteer group, comprising some 11,000 members nationwide, will use the meeting to raise funds, lobby congressional...