From Jeff Sharlet’s Salon article on Bart Stupak and Joseph Pitt’s house-mates: In its internal documents, the Family refers to itself as an “invisible organization” and the “prayer cells” into which it organizes politicians as “invisible ‘believing groups.’” The connotations run wild: part Manson Family, part Al-Qaeda, part Illuminati, part Scientology. I try not to [...]

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Election’s over, so what’s a political cartoonist to do? It’s not like there are any really important issues to consider. Could do something about the Congo or Rwanda. But, really, this is America: those places might as well be Oz, for all we care. I know! There’s a new study about obesity! Several studies! Oh [...]

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Most of y’all have already heard about this, but it’s such good news, I wanna put in my two cents. The California Supreme Court Overturns Gay Marriage Ban. Such a nice headline. Here’s Gavin Newsome celebrating: [youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=MRDYx1b5wTM] What are the chances of something similar happening in Oregon where I live? Right now, not good. In [...]

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I just donated a humble ten bucks toward the Match It for Pratchett charity drive, an effort by fans of author Terry Pratchett to match his donation of half a million pounds (about a million U.S. dollars) to research to treat and cure Alzheimer’s Disease. Specifically, the money goes to the Alzheimer’s Research Trust. I [...]

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