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Stepping into the abortion ban debate

With the election almost upon us and the dust up over campaign ads continuing, it’s time to stick my nose into yet another ballot issue.

Supporters of the abortion law referred for a public vote (Referred Law 6) are being called to task because recent television ads said the ban contains an exception for the […]

Vote on J.A.I.L.’s Lies – Part 12

PP has pointed out that Amendment E’s California “publicist” Bonnie Russell now claims Nina Totenberg never interviewed Bill Stegmeier for the NPR story on Amendment E that aired Wednesday morning.

Last night, Russell left a comment here (even though she has claimed several times she never reads it) that Totenberg “cut and spliced and didn’t […]

NPR on Amendment E

For those of you checking in as a result of Nina Totenberg’s story about Amendment E on today’s Morning Edition, welcome. It also led to hearing from long lost college friends (Hi, Paul) and former newsroom compatriots (Hi, Gordon.)

For those who did not hear the story, here is a synopsis and the audio. And […]

Stegmeier working on the next ballot initiative

He’s back at it. Even before voters have expressed their views on Amendment E (J.A.I.L.), South Dakota J.A.I.L.er-in-chief Bill Stegmeier is working to put another extremist idea before the voters.

Gene Chapman is running for president in 2008. Who is Gene Chapman? He is an individual behind such concepts as the “Slave Freedom/Mark of The […]

Weekend marginalia

More book award news. PEN USA has announced its 2006 Literary Award winners. (Via GalleyCat.) I have not heard of any of the book winners, which include Percival Everett’s Wounded for fiction, Michael Chorost’s Rebuilt: How Becoming Part Computer Made Me More Human for “creative nonfiction” and Adam Hochschild’s Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels […]