I really liked this post by an Andrewsullivan.com reader:

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/11/popular-sovereignty-and-the-gays.html

"Equal rights and the consent of the governed are the ( Read more... )

Four Californians are accused of kidnapping a 16-year-old boy and torturing him for nearly a year before he escaped captivity wearing only boxer shorts and a shackle on his ankle, according to an indictment released Wednesday ( Read more... )

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/03/13/obama-administraion.html#previouspostRead more... )

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/02/20/internet.records.bill/index.html

Republican politicians on Thursday called for a sweeping new federal law that would require all Internet providers and operators of millions of Wi-Fi access points, even hotels, ( Read more... )

"WASHINGTON - The Bush administration on Saturday formally proposed a vast bailout of financial institutions in the United States, requesting unfettered authority for the Treasury Department to buy up to $700 billion in distressed mortgage-related assets from the private firms ( Read more... )

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iRwWKqK8FgMRhFIP8bgARsaYx54wD92QONF00

Darnit. Now where am I going to get my natural male enhancement?

"How can too much property kill markets? The key insight is this: A property right creates a gatekeeper-someone whose permission is needed to use that thing we've just called "property." That's fine, but when you have too many gatekeepers-too many people whose permission is necessary to undertake a given project-that fact alone can create gridlock ( Read more... )

"The nation's telecoms are just one vote away from being free from lawsuits accusing them of helping the government spy on Americans without warrants, as the Senate is scheduled this week to vote on a bill that frees the nation's largest telecoms from suits accusing them of helping the government spy on Americans illegally ( Read more... )

UPDATE: Here's Obama, saying some of the right things, but not actually standing against this very bad bill ( Read more... )

http://www.hothardware.com/News/Google_To_Develop_ISP_Throttling_Detector/Read more... )