Current Affairs

Happy Summer Solstice! It's the one day a year when there is the most sunlight. Days get shorter starting tomorrow, so enjoy the outdo

I guess this is like one of those red letter editions of the Bible designed to let us know quickly and certainly what Jesus actually said:

I don't have much sympathy for Secretary of State Charlie White's excuse for his voting-irregularity problem -- that his complicated personal life made him "practically homeless" for a year and thus confused about where he should vote.  That's in the same league as "the dog ate my homework" and "I never would have misbehaved if I'd been sober," not something the state's chief election officer should be saying.

I'd love to believe this, but I have my doubts:

Libertarianism has been touted as the wave of America's political future for many years, generally with more enthusiasm than evidence. But there are some tangible signs that Americans' attitudes are in fact moving in that direction.

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Liberal Washington Post columnist (but I repeat myself) E.J. Dionne Jr. picks on Indiana -- and all the states that followed our example by instituting voter ID laws:

All right, everybody out of the pool except the straight, healthy people!

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- An employee at a public swimming pool in eastern Kentucky was suspended for a week without pay after telling two disabled gay men to leave, city of Hazard officials said Saturday.

If you're ugly, just get counseling, OK?

An exclusive online meeting place billed as a dating website for "beautiful men and women" was causing new outrage Monday after dumping 30,000 members deemed too ugly.

For the "Robbing Peter to pay Paul does not butter Leo's bread" file:

Federal officials said Thursday that Indiana will be rewarded for having fewer errors in its food stamp program a year after the state was fined for making too many mistakes, including underpaying some food stamp recipients and overpaying others.

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Hey, that's the ticket. Not: