Cool study:  Apparently conservatives are more easily disgusted than liberals.

This make sense to me, at least from a personal point-of-view, because it takes a lot to gross me out.  :-)

President Obama picks NY Republican John McHugh for Army secretary

He's the guy who wrote a letter to Josh Lyman protesting the closing of Fort Drum.

"McHugh and then-Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton even went so far as to write a letter of protest to a fictional character on the television show "The West Wing" after an episode suggested closing the base ( Read more... )

Liberty University bans College Democrats.

*rolls eyes*

From Anderson Cooper's AC360 blog:

The White House joins Facebook, MySpace, Twitter (and makes friends with the rest of government).

I'm a fan on Facebook and following on Twitter!

I know everyone and their mother has posted this already, but I couldn't pass up the opportunity to have a mustache-less Brad on my LJ.  YAY!


:-)   *pets him*

Oh, and it's also Rahm related.  Double YAY!

ETA:  More clips here.

In case you didn't know, March 15-21 marks National Sunshine Week!  It's an initiative by media, schools, civic groups, libraries, and non-profits to open a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information.

Learn more at sunshineweek.org.

"Though spearheaded by journalists, Sunshine Week is about the public's right to know ( Read more... )

God help us...

Chuck Norris wants to run for President of Texas, should the state ever secede from the Union.

Here's the link to CNN's Political Ticker entry:
Chuck Norris for President...of Texas

See, this is why I'm moving in 5 months.  Okay, wait, no...I need to qualify that statement.  I am leaving the state, but not because I don't love it.  I do ( Read more... )

This made me feel at least a little bit optimistic that people can change, even after almost 50 years:

Man who beat civil rights leader asks forgiveness

Video here.

I bookmarked this the other day and then promptly forgot to post it.

MSNBC.com's "The Body Odd" blog discusses the unusually large number of left-handed Presidents, including Barack Obama:

The White House leans again to the left(ies)

I'm a lefty, too, and proud of it, but I don't think that means I'll be President anytime soon.  Or ever.

At 12:01 PM today, the newly redesigned White House website was unveiled.  It's been Obama-ized!

Check it out:  http://www.whitehouse.gov/

Pretty!