Being an invitation to psychologize: So how does a beauty queen turn into the poster child against gay marriage? In the case of Miss California Carrie Prejean, the answer may lie in an ugly divorce that may have cemented her views on gay relationships. Carrie’s parents filed for divorce in 1988 and the divorce and custody fights went on for more than a decade — it was a divorce filled

Had a busy weekend, hardly any time for the internet, but I was on Twitter for awhile on Friday night, and came across a tweet by lesbifeminist of color Pam Spaudling of Pam’s House Blend: @Pam_Spaulding: – Iowa U.S. Senator Tom Harkin now supports marriage equality. http://bit.ly/ju4li || Suck it, fundies. I mean, wow. I had several things to say about the matter; here’s one: @Pam_Spaulding Imagine if we’d all

Most people, when they think of the Irish on Star Trek, probably think immediately of Chief Miles O’Brien, played by Colm Meaney in both Next Generation and Deep Space Nine. But the Irish have been portrayed in other episodes in the series. First came Kirk’s tormenter from Star Fleet Academy days, Finnegan, in the episode, “Alpha Memory”:

for Scare Force One incident: Donald Douglas following up on Jeff’s post from last night. Still unclear from latest underbus upskirt incident is who requested the permission for the flyover. But the guy’s resigned, so be satisfied, right? Meanwhile, Alan Keyes and others arrested for marching at Notre Dame to protest Obama as commencement speaker. Lefties to denounce him for trying to shake down Catholics for more babies in 5,

Why, it’s almost as if one could find a theme emerging with this President…

It’s like reading Animal Farm, except all the cute farm animals have been replaced by oily, Viagra-engorged middle-aged power brokers in Yuppie suits who invariably mutter the bankrupt leftist platitudes they’ve filtered through Alinsky.

More Obama magic. Exclusive to the Washington Times: President Obama’s efforts to curb the spread of nuclear weapons threaten to expose and derail a 40-year-old secret U.S. agreement to shield Israel’s nuclear weapons from international scrutiny, former and current U.S. and Israeli officials and nuclear specialists say. The issue will likely come to a head when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Mr. Obama on May 18 in Washington.

Timothy Carney, Washington Examiner: Imagine if President George W. Bush used strong-arm tactics to bend the law to favor a politically connected company with $1.2 billion in assets, including a private golf course. What if that company’s political action committee had spent $13 million in the previous election, including more than $4 million to elect him? Barack Obama has done just that. The company is called the United Automobile, Aerospace

VDH, “Why Did Republicans Lose Their Appeal?”: It was not Rush Limbaugh, for example, but Michael Moore who announced that the 9/11 killers wrongly selected a blue-state city, or that the al-Qaeda insurgents were Minutemen-like patriots. Moore, remember, was no marginal figure but the darling of the Democratic establishment, who flocked to the gala opening of his crude propaganda film Fahrenheit 9/11. Indeed, if one were to follow the logic

And those who wish to subvert it in the name of “tolerance”: Sec. 881. Cyberbullying `(a) Whoever transmits in interstate or foreign commerce any communication, with the intent to coerce, intimidate, harass, or cause substantial emotional distress to a person, using electronic means to support severe, repeated, and hostile behavior, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. `(b) As used in this