On August 4th, Chief Judge of the US District Court for the Northern District of California Vaughn R. Walker declared that California’s Proposition 8 is unconstitutional ”under both the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses,” and enjoined the enforcement of said proposition. I have already made my support for government recognition of same-sex unions known on many [...]

I mean Israel. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was recently asked a question regarding “Arab lands” in Israel. The PM’s response was that there was no such thing because, “It’s our land”. People much smarter than me have rendered up answers to the question and I was particularly careful to ignore all of them – [...]

THE PROGRAM TO ELIMINATE POVERTY: FROM THE NATIONAL WELFARE RIGHTS UNION. At a recent retreat/conference of the NWRU, the following eight position points were drafted and unanimously voted upon. We respectfully submit them to the Presidential Candidates as the foundation on which to start dismantling poverty in the U.S. The National Welfare Rights Union also [...]

I normally hold to a strict policy of “if everyone else is saying it [or will be saying it], don’t add to the cacophony.” However, today I am making an exception. This is Sonia Sotomayor’s now well-known comment that appellate courts are “where policy is made:” Apologists for the Honorable Justice insist that the full [...]

Michael Jackson, that is. At least, I find it unlikely. Nevertheless, New York Representative Peter King wants to know if I would let my (hypothetical) child spend time in a room alone with Jackson. The answer is certainly no, but that is due to a general policy I have about not allowing my future progeny [...]