Opinion

“[T]he state’s marriage law discriminates against them because it applies only to heterosexual couples, therefore denying gay couples the financial, social and emotional benefits of marriage.”

A McDonald’s executive resigned from the board of directors of the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce because the American Family Association believes that McDonald’s should be “neutral.” Silence in the face of oppression is not neutrality. Silence is support.

The human mind tends to categorize politicians, maybe even over-categorize them. Our general knowledge about a category (i.e. “Republican”) can override specific knowledge (i.e. knowledge of McCain) even if the general knowledge is wrong and the specific knowledge is more accurate.

ACORN is in hot right-wing water over fraudulent voter registrations. Any organization that pays people to get voter registrations is going to have fake registrations. Fraudulent votes? Zero.

Wells Fargo and Citi both claimed to have a deal to buy Wachovia. After some legal jousting, Citi has relented but vows to seek damages in court.

A native of Wasilla, Alaska reflects on his childhood and Alaskan values. WARNING: this band’s website has a bizarre and disgusting picture.

In the second debate, McCain “repeated his pledge from the first debate to freeze federal spending except for defense, military veterans and other unnamed priorities. He also said he would order the Treasury secretary to buy mortgages of individual homeowners and adjust them to reflect declining values.”

“‘I had hundreds of conversations and communications about Trooper Wooten over the last several years with my family, with friends, with colleagues, and with just about everyone I could — including government officials,’ [Todd] Palin said.”

Property taxes are based on old values and old budgets. Plus, taxes are tied to services: if the cost of services increases, so will net property taxes.

A highly-effective vaccine against cervical cancer debuted last year, but most parents have neglected to protect their daughters from the virus.