Mayor of London, defends the human dignity of vegetables: Ken Livingstone admitted last night that he had five children by three different women – two daughters by one woman and a son by another, in addition to the two children with his current partner, Emma Beale. The Mayor of London’s confirmation, after an investigation by the BBC, is likely to defuse tabloid reports about his private life. The disclosure is

LEAVE NISHI ALONE!!!

I don’t think I’ve ever seen the concepts “breathtaking” and “irrelevant” yoked with such peculiar force before: Our revulsion at Mosley’s behaviour is breathtakingly irrelevant. I am repulsed by homosexuality – in the strict sense that I feel nauseous at the thought of personally engaging in gay sex – but that is not sufficient reason to condemn gay men. Disgust carries not a shred of moral or legal force when

Boyfriend of Ugg boot train death woman charged I  think that’s going to be hard to beat.  I’d love to hear “The Ballad of Boyfriend of Ugg Boot Train Death Woman” performed. Never mind.

At RCP, Sean Oxendine breaks down most of the states remaining for the Democratic presidential nomination — often with maps down to the county level — to show that Hillary Clinton has a decent shot at winning a 100K to 500K popular vote margin over Barack Obama.  The downscale white vote in the Appalachians (discussed here yesterday) plays a big part in this analysis.  Our old pal Puerto Rico also reappears as

A little over two weeks since presidential hopeful Barack Obama gave a speech seeking to change the subject from his 20-year relationship with the noxious Rev. Jeremiah Wright and his Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago to national conversation on the issue of race in general, the national UCC leadership has decided to echo the tactic: As a proactive response to the heightened interest surrounding Trinity UCC in Chicago,