Wow, I step away for a week or so, and everyone’s reworking their blogs. Well, ok, not everyone, but two people at least. Ed Cone has a shiny new TypePad blog, and Cara Michele has given Chosen Fast a sparkly new look. Nice work on both! Are there any other redesigns I missed?
Saturday’s News and Record contained an Associated Press article (which, for now, may be found here) about the ACLU, the Alliance Defense Fund, and other groups gearing up for a seasonal legal battle over public government Christmas observances. One quote in particular caught my attention: Spokesman [for Americans United for Separation of Church and State] […]
In case there was any doubt that some in the Republican leadership are concerned about Christians primarily as a means to an end, a Salon article points out that former DeLay aide Mike Scanlon referred to Christian conservatives as “wackos” in a memo, and essentially advocated using their concerns to trick them into voting a […]
Greg over at The Talent Show speculates on Bush’s next pick for the Supreme Court.
Bush has reversed himself, and is reinstating the Davis-Beacon Act, which will guarantee certain wage levels for workers involved in Katrina reconstruction. Update: More details on this at the Working Life blog. Sounds like there was bipartisan opposition to the suspension of Davis-Beacon. Democrat George Miller caused the White House to blink first by forcing […]
No, rank-and-file Republicans, I’m not talking about you, but rather your leaders at the federal level. Via Chewie it seems that some bloggers were invited to meet with House Republicans at the Capitol, where they were to discuss “the House Republican record of successful economic policies, their commitment to fiscal responsibility, and the details of […]
The Parents Television Council recently named four Fox shows as being “worst for families”. From cnn.com: Four Fox network programs, led by the comedies “The War at Home,” “The Family Guy” and “American Dad,” topped a parents group’s annual listing of the worst prime-time shows for family viewing. The group’s president, L. Brent Bozell, said […]
Jakob Nielsen, venerable pundit of website usability, has published a list of the top ten design mistakes made by blogs (via Pharyngula). Here’s a rundown of the list, with some comments of my own:
