Torture
I'm having a hard time following all the recent developments in US politics surrounding Guantanamo Bay and torture. Maybe you...
Archive for Politics
One more election note
Remember to go vote today! If you live in an area that's having an election, I mean. If you need...
Ballot measure drinking game
I started this as a postscript to the previous entry, but I got a little carried away and decided to...
Other ballot measures
Other propositions, considered much more briefly.
Propositioning for drugs
Much-too-long discussion of two California ballot propositions about prescription-drug discount programs.
Proposition 73
I'm mostly trying to avoid posting about contentious political issues here at the moment, because I'm being even more conflict-averse...
Various notes
Long and tiring day today, mostly spent couch-shopping. The saleswoman at Ethan Allen continued to be clever; for example, as...
Lobster in a pot, or not?
(I wrote most of the following a couple weeks ago, but was feeling too conflicted and stressed about politics to...
SF mayoral runoff
For those who missed it, San Francisco held a mayoral election earlier this month. The results: Democratic candidate Gavin Newsom...
More political links
Not much commentary from me this time. Too sleepy. The Guardian says: US central command in Qatar today revealed it...