More stuff I've been gathering up in the side bar of late.

1. Deserving More Attention: ‘Great Wall of Duh’: It certainly seems like the GOP leadership and political pundits have decided that stupidity and ignorance are far better tactics than intelligence and nuance. Never mind the myriad costs to the country ... 
2. Dispatches from the Culture Wars: Dildos at the Supreme...: Tell me again why a state should be allowed to block the sale of something that it is not illegal to possess? Especially something that doesn't harm anyone else because it, literally, only, um, affects the owner?
3. Cenk Uygur: How is John McCain's Affair Different...: Edwards is no better, no worse, than McCain in this. But I guess McCain's adultery has gone past the political statute of limitations. Y'know, it'd almost be worth seeing Edward picked as Obama's running mate, and any time someone brings up his betrayal of his wife, they launch into a laundry list of GOP/Conservatives who've done exactly the same thing, with McCain at the top of the queue. Not that it would make it right, but it would make it damned uncomfortable.
4. Mukasey Refuses To Prosecute Officials Who Politicized...: Well, if they've been hurt by "negative publicity" over their breaking of the law, who could have the heart to actually take legal action against them? I mean, let's not get all "justicey" over them, right?
5. Oliver Willis: Barack Obama Joins 2.5 Million Fellow...: Yeah, because the guy who married into a massive fortune, is the 4th richest man in the Senate, and has a "compound" to vacation in is less of an elitist than a guy who goes to Hawaii for a vacation.
6. We’re Not Against Christians; We’re Against Ignorance: If you openly declare that your science textbooks are based on religion not science, and that in any conflict between the two they will present as true what's in the Bible, then don't be surprised when your curriculum is not accepted as, well, science.
7. Guest Columnist - Optimism in Evolution - Op-Ed -...: Along the same note, it is utterly insane that we, in 2008, are still having to argue about the reality of the evolutionary process and why it's beneficial (not to mention necessary) to teach it in school.
8. "The Peace of the Gun.": Another step in the "we're more than happy to trade off (a little more) liberty for (an unproven amount of) security." Total curfews? Explaining to the police why you're out at night? Next thing you know, some guy in a German accent will be asking for your papers, like in the old movies. Of course, given how the mayor of this burg handled the animal shelter problem, it's not surprising he's blissfully ignorant of what is or isn't constitutional. What's surprising is that people are letting him get away with it.
9. You Still Can't Write about Muhammad.: I don't necessarily think that Random House is being "craven" here -- but it is a sad and infuriating situation.
10. Little League's Not For Atheists: Sorry -- tell me again why Little League has a pledge, and why "belief in God" is a key pledging part of playing baseball? Yeah, sure, it's an artifact of the 50s/60s, and nobody wants to be the one to edit out God -- so why not just get rid of a pledge that nobody actually uses?
11. Focus Tries to Hide Its “Pray for Rain” Video: What Would Jesus Do? I don't recall him ordering a rain storm to defeat his political opponents -- not even as "a joke."
12. Anthrax is in the News, But Which Bacteria Should...: Hmmmmmm ... sexy bioweapon that causes Massive Terror Headlines? Or simple disease-resistent bacteria that could kill zillions from a variety of mundane causes? Yeah, guess which one gets all the press time (and research money).
13. In a Generation, Minorities May Be the U.S. Majority...: Actually this is neither "good" nor "bad," it just "is." It will only be "bad" if some folks decide to make a big brouhaha about it. Generally speaking, the more you get angry at demographics, the more they bite you in the butt.

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It certainly seems like the GOP leadership and political pundits have decided that stupidity and ignorance are far better tactics than intelligence and nuance. Never mind the myriad costs to the country …

Yeah, it's almost like they are getting medieval on our asses....