That’s the question floating around the blogosphere today, and I think the people who’re asking it kind of have a point.
First, we have this from Volokh’s Larry Carpenter about Minnesota law:
From the arrest report, here’s what Craig allegedly did: (1) put a duffel bag at the front of his stall; (2) peered through a crack [...]

Let’s just say Larry Craig resigns over this whole bathroom affair and Idaho has an election in 2008 to find a real replacement. Do Dems even have a shot in the traditionally hardcore conservative landscape of Idaho politics?
The Rothenberg Political Report says it’s highly unlikely. Why? because Craig was thinking of retiring anyway…leaving Repub Lt. [...]

Interesting news…
CHICAGO (AFP) - In a breakthrough that could potentially lead to a cure for HIV infection, scientists have discovered a way to remove the virus from infected cells, a study released Thursday said.
The scientists engineered an enzyme which attacks the DNA of the HIV virus and cuts it out of the infected cell, according [...]

“Despite dire predictions, there has been no adverse societal impact from this decision and most people now express little concern about same gender marriage.”
- Massachusetts State Senator Gale D. Candaras (D), who voted for a same sex ban in January, but changed her vote this week.

Why? Well, if for no other reason than it’s seriously hindering our ability to fight the WoT.
From the NY Times:
The lack of qualified translators has been a pressing issue for some time � the Army had filled only half its authorized positions for Arabic translators in 2001. Cables went untranslated on Sept. 10 that might [...]

Because it’s so readily available, pornographers are finding it harder to make a profit.
From the NY Times:
The online availability of free or low-cost photos and videos has begun to take a fierce toll on sales of X-rated DVDs. Inexpensive digital technology has paved the way for aspiring amateur pornographers, who are flooding the market, while [...]

Americablog has an interesting find regarding Mary Cheney and her partner’s new child. The official White House site has a photo of Dick and Lynne Cheney holding the child, with this caption…
Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife, Lynne Cheney, welcomed their sixth grandchild, Samuel David Cheney, Wednesday, May 23, 2007. He weighed 8 lbs., [...]

He’s splitting the GOP in two because of his views on abortion and gays.
From the WSJ:
“If the party nominates a social liberal like Giuliani, there’s not only the potential, but there’s an inevitability of a split,” says John Stemberger, president of the Florida Family Policy Council, a politically active social-conservative group. “Republicans will learn if [...]

In the wake of the 2006 midterm elections little has happened to predict how Republican voters will ultimately respond to the strong Democratic showing. I suspect that it would be difficult to make definitive conclusion as to what led more voters to back Democratic candidates across all regions of the country. No doubt opposition to [...]

Okay, see, this is why we’re going to witness the downfall of the religious right. They really can’t see the forest for the trees. Because instead of giving millions of girls almost 100% certain protection against cervical cancer, they’re against it because they think it would promote promiscuity.
So let’s see here…cancer or more sex…cancer or [...]

Good Magazine created a rather clever video revealing the numbers, audience and overall economic ecosystem of pornography on the web.
Needless to say it’s big business and shows no signs of slowing down.

He was recently at Google when an employee of the search giant questioned his views on the issue.
Tell me what you think about his answer.

Everybody knows that gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people have been violently discriminated against since anybody can remember.
And yet…
From USA Today:
The White House, in a statement warning of a veto, said state and local criminal laws already cover the new crimes defined under the bill, and there was “no persuasive demonstration of any need [...]

And the Blotter has more…
[...] on Palfrey’s list of customers who could be potential witnesses are a Bush administration economist, the head of a conservative think tank, a prominent CEO, several lobbyists and a handful of military officials.
“I’m sure as heck not going to be going to federal prison for one day, let alone, four [...]

I think it’s quite telling about the human condition that the one person who will most likely destroy thousands of lives and careers in Washington is not a lobbyist or a politician, but somebody who peddled the one thing most people can’t live without.
Personally, aside from hypocrites like Randall Tobias, I don’t think anybody did [...]

Wow, this is a weird. Gere kisses a famous Bollywood actress in India and Indian courts put out an arrest warrant.
I guess Hinduism needs to catch up too…

He said he did nothing wrong. Just got some massages.
So why did he resign again?
From The Blotter:
Deputy Secretary of State Randall L. Tobias submitted his resignation Friday, one day after confirming to ABC News that he had been a customer of a Washington, D.C. escort service whose owner has been charged by federal prosecutors with [...]

That’s right. Not civil unions. Marriage.
From the NY Times:
Gov. Eliot Spitzer will introduce a bill in the coming weeks to legalize same-sex marriage in New York, his spokeswoman said Friday, a move that would propel New York to the forefront of one of the most contentious issues in politics.
Though he has long voiced support for [...]

The Bush administration just put out a study that tracked the behavioral differences between kids who were in abstinence-only programs and kids who were in a control group.

Wait, kids haven’t changed their minds about having sex? And it only cost us $87 million dollars a year to fund abstinence programs to find that out? Well…I [...]

For all you gay/bi/etc. Republicans out there, Dennis Sanders reprints in full why some of you stick to the principles you believe in.
From NeoMugwump…
We are Republican because we believe in limited government, free markets, a strong national defense, and personal responsibility;
We strive for Unity without the tyranny of uniformity, because the greatness of the Republican [...]