John O'Connor is executive director of Equality California and thinks the Boy Scouts have discriminated against gays in ways that hurt youths and families. Rob Schwarzwalder is a senior vice president of the Familty Research Council and has supported the Scouts' traditional opposition to admitting homosexuals. Despite their differences, they agree on one thing. The organization's new policy sucks.

Schwarzwalder:

And a happy "skip the recycling for a day so you can can add one more load to the landfill" to you:

It's a day to celebrate the most famous mother of all — Mother Earth. This Monday (April 22) marks the 43rd Earth Day, with more than 1 billion people in 192 countries expected to participate in activities this year.

The Boston manhunt and the mainstream media's gun control blind spot:

We wrote about the MSM’s inability to grasp the politics that caused the gun control bill to fail in the Senate this week. The aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing illustrates the divide.

It's clear why we're continuing to grow government until we match the European model. It's worked out so well there:

COPENHAGEN — It began as a stunt intended to prove that hardship and poverty still existed in this small, wealthy country, but it backfired badly. Visit a single mother of two on welfare, a liberal member of Parliament goaded a skeptical political opponent, see for yourself how hard it is.

Has there been a week in the last decade when TGIF was more appropriate?

It’s not just you: Twitter agrees ‘this week’ needs to end

My favorite Tweets on the subject:

This week can seriously go f*** itself. If Congress wanted to make itself useful, it would mandate everyone to just stay in bed tomorrow.

and

What the hell is wrong with this week?

Lot of nitwittery in my profession on display this week:

In reaction to the defeat of gun control in the U.S. Senate yesterday, editorial pages across the nation are seething with anger, lashing out at rural America, gun manufacturers and the NRA.

Man, this is depressing:

But the science is settled! Don' they know that?

Reuters) - Scientists are struggling to explain a slowdown in climate change that has exposed gaps in their understanding and defies a rise in global greenhouse gas emissions.

Yeah, this hasn't exactly been a stellar week for my profession:

The fast-moving news out of Boston on Wednesday snared some of the most respected reporters and news outlets in the country into offering false or conflicting information about whether a suspect had been arrested — leaving CNN and the Associated Press, among others, scrambling to clean up their reports as the day went on.

Today is one of our favorite days to celebrate: