Measure to bar gay marriage qualifies for California ballot

With this issue on the November ballot, California could be in play for Republicans this year. A gay marriage ban referendum would drive religious conservatives to the polls, increasing turnout for McCain, who would be unlikely to motivate them to go to the polls...

New Orleans Panel Questions Law as Solution to Homeless Colony

Please keep in mind that many of these 'homeless' actually work, though at relatively low-paying, and sometimes sporadic, jobs. Many also make use of daytime facilities available that includes showers, laundry, meals, and phones. They are not 'filthy vagrants'."A month after...

Decorated N.J. soldier indicted in Iraq theft

 "Army Reserve Lt. Col. Debra Harrison returned to New Jersey after 17 months in Iraq with a Purple Heart and vivid descriptions of at least two brushes with death in the combat zone. A federal indictment unsealed yesterday alleged she also returned with $330,000 in...

Rush Limbaugh Hearts Debra Dickerson

"I suggested earlier that Rush Limbaugh would agree with Debra Dickerson's essay arguing that Barack Obama is "not black". Rush read a segment of the essay on the air on his show today, quibbling only with Dickerson's emphasis on Obama's sometimes contradictory positions on...