John Scalzi recently wrote up a post on the California Ballot initiative to ban newly legalized gay marriages in the state. Those trying to push through a constitutional amendment are angry that the ballot wording will actually reflect the intent of the bill rather than being called something like “the protect marriage from corruption [...]

I haven’t written a whole lot about McCain this election season, largely because I’m trying to stay above the stupid shrill meaningless differences between the candidates that seems to dominate the news. But on some things, it’s worth jumping in.

Now, McCain has slowly been slipping into panderville trying to appeal to the religious right, [...]

I’ve been listening to conservative talk radio here in the valley for the last week, if for no other reason than my own morbid curiosity. But I have to admit, it’s really fascinating. It’s amazing how well republican talking points are spread, and how well they make ridiculous right wing positions sound like [...]

How does a law offering telecom immunity seem like a good deal to democrats? Unbelievable. I’m really starting to dislike Pelosi. What possible leverage could the republicans and Bush have to push this through? Hopefully there are enough democrats who will not toe the party line and will fight this passing.

President bush has asked that we allow drilling in ANWR, and off the coasts of Florida and California, for the sake of lowering the price of Oil. He’s making an argument that what is driving high oil prices is short supply. This argument is one that is refuted by OPEC, and many economists, [...]

If you haven’t yet, take 10 minutes and view “From Russia with Hate“, an interesting report about the growing neo-nazi/skinhead movement in Russia.

While I’m sure there are a large range of emotions at play here, those who were interviewed consistently pointed to economic issues for their hate, rather than genetic inferiority, which separates these skinheads [...]