Andrew Sullivan linked to this interesting Advocate story concerning conservative hero Ward Connerly, who has valiantly fought against racial quotes and other discriminatory government policies. Connerly supports the California Supreme Court's gay marriage decision and opposes the November amendment to stop gay marriage. Per the Advocate: "Gay Republicans also hope to recruit prominent GOP figures...

We can all be glad that Mike Carona is no longer the county sheriff, as we see from the release of portions of the secretly taped transcripts of conversations between him and former Assistant Sheriff Don Haidl. Carona's attorneys want the judge to keep the jury from hearing Carona's use of the n-word as well [...]...

For years various hints have created the strong suspicion that after 9/11 the U.S. reverse-engineered its torture techniques (unless you prefer the sorry euphemism "enhanced interrogation) by copying what the communists had done during the Korean war, when widespread concern emerged at how easily U.S. servicemen had been "brainwashed." In short, the U.S., which had [...]...

An international study coordinated by Louisa Degenhart of the University of New South Wales in Australia, has found that the U.S. leads the world in illicit drug use. Thank goodness the War on (some) Drugs is working! What? You say it was supposed to reduce illicit drug use, not increase it? Specifically, the study (household samples [...]...

The trouble with making laws to regulate every conceivable thing is that it doesn't take long before the laws begin to work at cross purposes. Our favorite example (today) of governmental over-zealousness comes courtesy the Sacramento Bee, which reports that a couple up there let their lawn die to conserve water so they could abide by the [...]...