…Because the most horrific consequence imaginable of underfunded public education would be that kids start reading comic books. I’m really tired of people perpetuating insulting myths about my hobbies, especially when those people are Democratic political candidates like Nancy King (running for the MD state senate), whose positions I tend to agree with, especially on […]

Today in 1920, the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified, guaranteeing women the right to vote. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by […]

Once again, I can only say, I wish I wrote as well as Fred from slacktivist. Fred’s post I linked above is a perfectly crafted history lesson, and ought to be required reading for everyone out there shouting down the rights of people different (read: “browner and/or not as Christian”) than themselves while claiming they’re […]

I’ve had the seeds of a post on the whole “Ground Zero mosque” (which is really neither at “ground zero” nor a mosque) controversy for, heck, a couple of weeks now, but haven’t come up with anything I’ve been happy with. Which is just as well, because this person just wrote what I feel is […]

…I was brave enough, or enlightened enough to come up with something like this when I was in this kid’s position, rather than the by-the-numbers crap ‘n platitudes speech I did end up giving. Outside of a little bit of tone that only a terribly bright eighteen year-old who hasn’t seen much of the world […]

This is one of those times. Like Arizona, Virginia is just too damned pretty to be this damned ugly. True, this is not quite as bad as the AZ law just yet, but this is Cuccinelli we’re talking about here, who’s made his time as Attorney General all about discrimination and Obama bothering rather than […]

Earlier this week, through the magic of fark, my attention was drawn to an article in the Harrisburg Patriot-News (which, at one point in my life, might have been considered my “hometown” paper) about protests at a Potter County PA library over the screening of a documentary dealing with the gay experience in rural America […]

This whole Gulf oil spill business is becoming a series of misattributions. A little while ago, I made mention of the fact that a lot of people looking for someone to blame for this disaster are blaming the good people of England instead of BP, who, through negligence toward safety and good craftsmanship, got this […]

The general consensus, as reported by America’s media outlets, is that President Obama’s speech regarding the Gulf oil spill was “boring.” I missed the broadcast, though I read a transcript, and I wasn’t particularly impressed; while there was some good information there, it didn’t hit the mark for me. I was upset that the call […]

Like everyone else in the world, I’ve been following the gulf oil spill story with interest. The whole business is unfortunate and generally terrible; it’s effect will likely be immeasurable; it’s already pretty much trashed the entire gulf coast regional economy, and it’ll take decades for the environment to recover, assuming it ever does completely. […]