I like science.

One of the more interesting effects of Gannongate has been reading the various critiques on blogging from the mainstream media.  The first round of commentary was predominantly vitriol designed to undermine the credibility of bloggers as a whole; had it been effective, had the attackers succeeded in their goal of debunking the story not by disproving the facts but by delegitimizing the source of its origins, the entire Gannon story might well have faded away.

Apropos of my earlier post regarding the necessity of being vigilant about encroachments on women’s rights, we get this story out of Kansas, where the Attorney General, Phill Kline, who happens to be head of the national Republican attorneys general association, is trying to obtain the medical records of women and girls who had late-term abortions.  His rationale is that he needs information in the files to prosecute criminal cases.

One of the most cunning accomplishments of the Bush administration has been undermining the notion that the GOP, that great bastion of male dominance, has put to bed the last remnants of sexism within its ranks.  I dare you to call us sexists, its very appointment of a female Secretary of State seems to say.  (Or, for that matter, racists.)  Never mind that she is resoundingly incompetent and arguably lacks the requisite qualifications for the job.  Questioning her credentials is off limits; do so at the peril