I have a dream

Just to remind you that the change between yesterday and tomorrow is enormous: …or read the full transcript at American Rhetoric.

Barr says: DOMA not working as planned, will take ball and go home.

Bob Barr, author of the Defense of Marriage Act, recants, like sort-of, in this article. Maybe hidden in the causes of his commitment to federalism is an understanding of the inherent civil rights of human beings — as stated in the the Bill of Rights and, oh, in this little phrase from a certain document: [...]

Let’s hear it for the invertebrates!

The Xerces Society has a new website. Yay, bugs! I mean, seriously, just because they lack endoskeletons and have more appendages than you do is no reason to get all squeamish. Here, we’ll start you off slowly with some really, really important bugs: native honeybees and bumble bees (one of my favorites). And they’ve got [...]