The Descent of Republicans, by Mark Sumner Unskewed and undistinguished: The five most gloriously awful polls of 2012, by Steve Singiser Dear Macy’s, I’m cancelling my charge account, by Denise Oliver Velez To my fellow (100,000 or so) Americans wanting to secede: OK, thx buh bye, by Shanikka Emboldened, LGBT groups press forward on employment non-discrimination protection, by Scott Wooledge FEMA Aid For Sandy Relief Should Be A Part of 'Fiscal Cliff' Deal, by Armando 'Gifts': The legitimacy of self-interested voting, by Dante Atkins John McCain rewrites his epitaph, by Jon Perr
King County Executive Dow Constantine will open the county Recorder's Office in Seattle early -- just after midnight -- on Dec. 6 to begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Constantine says he'll be waiting to sign the first license, making King County the first jurisdiction in the nation to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, based on voter approval.
Constantine says he'll be waiting to sign the first license, making King County the first jurisdiction in the nation to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, based on voter approval.
A stony-faced Taliban official burst into laughter at the mention of the Petraeus affair during an interview with AFP in northwest Pakistan this week.
"From a Pashtun point of view, Petraeus should be shot by relatives from his mistress's family," the Taliban official explained. "From a Shariah point of view, he should be stoned to death."
"From a Shariah point of view, he should be stoned to death."
Michigan’s ban on affirmative action was struck down for a second time by a federal appeals court Thursday – this time on rehearing by the full panel of judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. In a strong defense of minorities’ access to the political process, an eight-judge majority struck down the state constitutional amendment passed in 2006, holding that the amendment imposed a constitutionally impermissible burden on those seeking to implement a race-conscious admissions policy above and beyond the burden imposed on others seeking to change admissions criteria.
In a strong defense of minorities’ access to the political process, an eight-judge majority struck down the state constitutional amendment passed in 2006, holding that the amendment imposed a constitutionally impermissible burden on those seeking to implement a race-conscious admissions policy above and beyond the burden imposed on others seeking to change admissions criteria.
Bob FitzSimmonds, an official in the Virginia Republican Party and close ally of Virginia gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli, posted a comment on his Facebook page Wednesday that predicts President Barack Obama's eternal damnation. "When Obama is 90 years old and he dies and goes to Hell, he is going to say 'This is all Bush's fault,'" FitzSimmonds wrote. [...] He told the Hampton Roads Pilot in an email Thursday that he sees nothing wrong with his comment about the president. "My Facebook post was not about Obama going to Hell," he said. "It was about his obsession with blame shifting and I don't really see anything inappropriate about it."
"When Obama is 90 years old and he dies and goes to Hell, he is going to say 'This is all Bush's fault,'" FitzSimmonds wrote. [...]
He told the Hampton Roads Pilot in an email Thursday that he sees nothing wrong with his comment about the president.
"My Facebook post was not about Obama going to Hell," he said. "It was about his obsession with blame shifting and I don't really see anything inappropriate about it."
The makers of Cracker Jack are adding a little more pop to their candy-coated popcorn. Frito-Lay will introduce Cracker Jack'D Power Bites caffeinated snacks later this year.