A Stitch in Haste

…and besides, I can't make it fit: (Via Right Wing Watch by way of Boing Boing.) addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kipesquire.net%2F2008%2F06%2Ftoo-good-for-a-sidebar-sidetrack%2F'; addthis_title = 'Too+Good+for+a+Sidebar+Sidetrack%26%238230%3B'; addthis_pub = ";

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–How did things go at Bulgaria's first gay pride parade? –Do we really need to replace "brainstorming" with "thoughtshowering"? (Via EclectEcon.) –Do you know your candy bars? (Via Market Power.) –Is there a First Amendment right to drive on public roads with this (PDF – 17 pages) message painted on your vehicle? I AM A [...]

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Topic: On the Log Cabin Republicans and John McCain's record on gay rights.

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Time to clean out the aggregator.

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With both the blog migration and the fourth blogiversary occupying my time, I've been reflecting recently on how best to improving the blog.

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Four years, 4,256 posts (including this one). Approaching 600,000 hits. An indeterminate number of comments. One published piece and one casebook citation. Thanks. — It really is sheer coincidence that this anniversary occurs at the same time that the old blogsite shuts down. Really. But in case you somehow came here from www.kipesquire.com, a reminder [...]

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Bob Barr debates John Podesta about Lawrence v. Texas, Roe v. Wade and judicial appointments. This is an excerpt from an episode of NPR's "Justice Talking" program that originally aired July 9, 2003, and was partially rebroadcast on June 23, 2008. Powered by Podbean.com I must admit I was somewhat impressed by this exchange specifically [...]

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More "democracy" from the land of Goldwater and O'Connor: During a filibuster-like discussion on another bill during Committee of the Whole, Majority Leader Thayer Verschoor (R-22) and Majority Whip John Huppenthal (R-20), among others, devised a scheme with committee chairman Jack Harper (R-4) to outright violate the rules of the Senate and the rights of [...]

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"Different candidates have different strengths. Some are wealthy; others have wealthy supporters who are willing to make large contributions. Some are celebrities; some have the benefit of a well-known family name. Leveling electoral opportunities means making and implementing judgments about which strengths should be permitted to contribute to the outcome of an election. The Constitution, [...]

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–Is it a proper function of government to criminalize male public shirtlessness? (Via QuizLaw.) –Special Follow-Up Question: Any hard-core libertarians want to take up the topic of female public shirtlessness and gender-based discrimination between the two? –Does James Dobson speak for you? –Who says the dollar is weak? –Which aspect of the U.S. Naval Academy [...]

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