Yet Another Federal Judge Backs Gay Marriage Rights (But this time it's in the Old South)

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Tuesday February 18, 2014 · 9:31 PM PST

2014/02/18 · 21:31

Federal District Judge Arenda Wright Allen made history on Thursday by striking down a Virginia law banning same-sex marriage in the state. It is the first state in the Deep South to follow the rising trend toward greater acceptance of gay marriage rights in the United States.

The order will not go into effect until after any appeals are heard. But the societal effects are already quite clear: Even the Deep South is now feeling the heat to move into the 21st century on the issue of Gay Rights.

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Wednesday January 29, 2014 · 9:25 AM PST

2014/01/29 · 09:25

It's time to start worrying about the Republican Party. No, I'm not talking about their predicted ability to gain seats in the midterm election. Now that's beginning to appear not too likely. And no, I'm not talking about the party's divisiveness and inability to present a solidified platform that pleases the party's extreme factions. That may indicate a terminal split, but it's not what I am talking about here. What it's time to start worrying about for Republicans is their increasing tendency to come completely unhinged in public.

Hot on the heels of John Boehner's comment about how maintaining his composure while sitting behind the president constituted his "hardest" day of work, we have Republican Congressman Michael Grimm threatening someone with a physical attack, implying a fatal attack. On camera. Live.

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Monday December 02, 2013 · 9:13 AM PST

2013/12/02 · 09:13

The tripod is a necessary component of a good photographer's equipment inventory. Its more obvious uses include the stationary positioning of a camera to avoid the motion inherent in hand-held photography. But there are some other uses that are not quite so obvious. Light painting, for example, is a creative technique that involves long exposures, controlled light sources, and motion.

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Friday November 22, 2013 · 9:45 PM PST

2013/11/22 · 21:45

No, this isn't a joke about three people who walk into a bar. But it's got the makings of a pretty good one, at that.

It has been an interesting week for Ms. Palin. She has made a few more of the usual ill-advised and uninformed statements for which she is now quite famous. But she has done something that she may never have accomplished before. She has become the victim. That's not a role she has cultivated, and it certainly isn't one she is accustomed to.

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Thursday November 21, 2013 · 2:44 PM PST

2013/11/21 · 14:44

This week marks a dramatic alteration of the governmental process by which presidents win approval for their nominees for administrative and Appeals Court posts. The filibusters that during this administration have routinely prevented appointments are no longer going to be allowed. Because the Democratic majority invoked what has been perhaps unfortunately called the Nuclear Option, now it's a simple majority rule; vote the appointee in or out.

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