Edith Windsor, Gay Widow, Revels in Supreme Court Fight

I’m endlessly amused by the use of the appellation “Liberal”, especially when it’s used by the Bush campaign. This year’s presidential campaign marks the latest effort to hurl the L-word  [more...]

This is rather bad timing: the Bush administration is holding a conference this week on the feasibility of “mini-nukes,” a small yield nuclear weapon. Today is the anniversary of the atomic bombing of  [more...]

Just for the political junkies out there, who think of election night the same way some think of Oscar night: CNN has a kick-ass live election results webpage at … Meanwhile, Zogby optimistically projects that  [more...]