Blogcoven

The California legislature has approved a bill to create a holiday hono(u)ring Harvey Milk, “the first openly gay man elected to any substantial political office in the history of the planet.” He was assassinated, presumably because he had the poor manners to work to better his community and also be gay.

I’m currently vacillating on the Palin choice. She still seems like a cynical, slightly ridiculous choice of Bush in a skirt. On the other hand, while progressive pundits tut manfully and talk about the more honorable choice of Biden, there’s little comfort in claiming the moral high-ground from second place (again). In the interim, I [...]