Senate votes to repeal DADT!
The US Senate has just voted, 65 to 31, to repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell. As noted in my previous...
Archive for Politics
DADT about to be repealed!
I'm delighted to hear that the procedural vote on Don't Ask, Don't Tell has passed the Senate, 63 to 33....
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell repeal could still happen!
Call your Senators ASAP!
DADT: I <3 Admiral Mullen
As y'all probably know, the Pentagon has finished its survey of the armed forces about the Don't Ask, Don't Tell...
Election returns are looking good for Kamala Harris
I've been following the California Attorney General vote-counting with fingers crossed. Here's a quick recap for those who don't know...
Links: political
Some political and quasi-political items: Interesting discussion of tensions within the Tea Party as they settle in to become part...
Some post-election marriage-equality notes
A few gubernatorial election results relevant to marriage equality: In Rhode Island, pro-marriage-equality Republican-turned-Independent Lincoln Chafee won the gubernatorial election....
GQ interviews Jerry Brown
I certainly don't want Meg Whitman to be California's next governor. But I've always been a little dubious about Jerry...
Okay if we do it, awful if they do it
There's something I see a lot in political discussions. It may just be human nature or something, but it always...
Tempest and Ellison
(This is another one of those entries that will probably make no sense to people not involved in the speculative-fiction...
Speaking self-interest to power
Another interesting article from TIME: "Inside Bush and Cheney's Final Days," By Massimo Calabresi and Michael Weisskopf. But the specific...
Some interesting abortion articles
The other day, happened across an interesting article in TIME: "Finding Common Ground on an Abortion Bill," by Amy Sullivan....