From the AP, “Priests to purify site after Bush visit”: Mayan priests will purify a sacred archaeological site to eliminate “bad spirits” after President Bush visits next week, an official with close ties to the group said Thursday. “That a person like (Bush), with the persecution of our migrant brothers in the United States, with the wars he has provoked, is going to walk in our sacred lands, is an

On Wednesday, the Colorado legislature killed a bill that would require those under 18 to wear a helmet while riding as passengers on a motorcycle.  Opponents of the bill argued that the state was, in effect, trying to assume the role of parent, and their objections carried the day. Yestterday, too, the Colorado House State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee voted 10-1 to kill a Senate bill that would have

Macaroni and cheese?  Sure, why not, I’ll have a bowl.  Thanks.

It’s rather frightening, I think, that even after an extended trial in which an abundance of evidence was revealed, so many people are still in disagreement over the facts undergirding the Scooter Libby trial—with administration critics continuing to cite as factual accusations long–since disproven, as if by the sheer force of their insistence and the sheer duration of their vigil, they can somehow will fauty supposition into objective reality. First,

In response to my piece yesterday defending Matt Sanchez and taking certain “progressives” to task over the utter baldness of their hypocrisy, the self-proclaimed “outer” himself, Tom Bacchus [link not safe for work, children, or other living things], appeared in the comments, filled with the same hatred that dripped from his original piece, and dropped the following verbal turd: Dude, he’s a whore. He was a gay whore, now he’s

In a SF Chronicle article about the reaction to Ann Coulter’s comment at CPAC, Wyatt Buchanan drops this little gem: Conservative gay scholar Andrew Sullivan, who heard Coulter’s comments live, said she uttered it with “malice aforethought.” But equating it to other slurs is a difficult comparison, Sullivan said. One out of three ain’t bad.

Super-secret agent Valerie Plame is to testify before the House Government Reform Committee, chaired by Henry Waxman, who are looking into wheter the feds provide adequate protection of identities, on March 16. Here are the members: Majority Henry Waxman, Chairman, California Tom Lantos, California Ed Towns, New York Paul E. Kanjorski, Pennsylvania Carolyn B. Maloney, New York Elijah Cummings, Maryland Dennis J. Kucinich, Ohio Danny K. Davis, Illinois John F.

yin:  “You know what?  If you like single malt Scotch so much, I’m willing to give it a try, too.  After all, if we soulmates can’t sample each other’s passions, what are we doing together in the first place, you know?  So go ahead and pour me a glass.  I’m game.” yang:  “Well, I appreciate the thought, honey, really I do.  But the thing is, if I’d have known you

You know, once you’re done smothering your salad in marinated artichoke hearts, olive slices, bacon bits, and bleu cheese dressing, it’s not any less fattening—or any more healthy—than a Good Times double cheese burger and a large side of onion rings.  Which, by the way, is absolutely filthy with protein. So. Stop living the lie, people.

I’ve heard rumblings of this before, but to me it has always been somewhat fantastical—like the nanotech in Neal Stephenson novels, or the relationships in a Nora Ephron film.  But maybe not: The U.S. military wanted to investigate the potential of “insect reconnaissance,” so University of New Mexico chemical engineer C. Jeffrey Brinker answered the call. The initial idea was to maintain honeybee colonies and analyze the nectar and pollen