Stephanie Herseth is running in a special election in South Dakota to fill the seat left vacant after a court convicted Bill Janklow (R-SD) of reckless driving and second-degree manslaughter. I sent this letter to her this morning.
Dear Ms. Herseth:
Yesterday morning, in a moment of enthusiasm, I sent your campaign $50. Not because [...]
Daley on gay marriage: ‘no problem’
A devout Catholic, Daley scoffed at the suggestion that gay marriage would somehow undermine the institution of marriage between a man and a woman.
“Marriage has been undermined by divorce, so don’t tell me about marriage. You’re not going to lecture me about marriage. People should look at their own life [...]
… for that thing that men, especially nice men who attended liberal colleges and went through seven kinds of sensitivity training, do when they subconsciously realize that they’re walking too closely behind a woman; to wit, slow down and broaden the distance between them, as if to signal “I’m not threatening.”
It’s not a submission display, [...]
Valentine’s Day, that great state holiday
“You can’t claim you’re the party of smaller government, and then clamor to make laws about love. If there’s one area I don’t want the US government to add to its list of screw-ups, it’s love.”
Bill Maher is my very special hero today.
Kate and I went out to dinner last night, despite it being Valentine’s Day, a holiday I don’t hate so much as nearly utterly disdain. If you’re not in a relationship, there’s nothing like having your nose rubbed in singlehood dressed up in pink hearts and dumb candy as promulgated by Hallmark & Co; [...]