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OMG!  Where have people been!?!?  Leave it to the fake news to ya know… actually report the news!
I saw this last night and was so excited to see it but The Daily Show hasn’t posted the clip so here is the hulu vid and I marked it so it should begin at the notable news [...]

I’ve been in DC this week for conferences and meetings, but the conference I’m at today is called A Better Deal, for young people who are trying to navigate the economy in such troubling times.  I’ve told you these stats before:  youth have twice the unemployment than the rest of the country despite having [...]

I’m sure Roberts is just an old out of touch elected official who probably didn’t know what he was voting against that day anyway, but Sen. Brownback is the father of three daughters. Three daughters… and he thinks rape is acceptable enough that courts have no power to hold someone accountable for it.

I would have thought that someone with Brownback’s so called Christian values, someone who’s so intent on stopping the genocide in Darfur simply because of the kinds of assaults we’re talking about here – would be able to say that rape isn’t ok and an employee deserves to seek their day in court.

The Attorney General has written his column this month about October being Domestic Violence Awareness Month. As someone who lost someone very very dear to me because of this kind of violence, finding solutions to this all too prevalent problem is personally very important.
“October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. It is a time for [...]

In an attempt to further educate people about life outside the status quo, it occurred to me I have way too many bisexual friends who tell people they’re gay for sake of ease. After all, being bisexual results in more amused self-gratification than joie de vivre, bemusement at best. We are viewed as selfish people, [...]

There is a general belief that standing on a street corner holding a sign makes little difference. Some truth lives in this statement. Demonstrations rarely impact policy and change. Even several collective, large demonstrations rarely make an impact. But these simple acts of protest serve two important purposes.

I really enjoy holding signs, even if I [...]

Isn’t it nice to have an Attorney General who doesn’t spend all of his time going after his own personal political crusade?
I mean, look at the great things you can do reaching out to people, fighting crime, or just generally serving the people of the state.After escalating attacks on women in the state police and [...]