Daily News Roundup: Marriage, Money and More…

Gay marriage scored a victory Wednesday in Connecticut. A Superior Court judge issued its final ruling to uphold the earlier 4 to 3 Connecticut State Supreme Court ruling that said same-sex couples have the right to wed. This recent news stands in sharp contrast to California’s Prop. 8 referendum that banned same-sex unions in that [...]

Bad Economy = Big Book Bucks

Brooke-Sidney Gavins discusses how books that forewarned of economic disaster are the big beneficiaries of the current implosion.

“I certainly was in the [w]right!”—R.I.P. Richard Wright

Deborah Stokol pays homage to the life of Pink Floyd’s Richard Wright.

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New York Times Does a Story about Female Bloggers (Again)

Hot on the heels of last month’s story about the BlogHer conference, which generated much controversy, not so much because of the content in the well-done story, but because of its placement in the Style section, there’s another story about female bloggers. This time the piece lands in the Technology section.

Interestingly, it almost has an [...]

Amuse Bouche: Overheard in Los Angeles

As I was paying for my coffee this morning, the cashier pulled out two bills that had writing on them to show to the barista.
It was five dollar bill. On one side it said: “Obama is all rhetoric.”
On the other it said: “The silent will be the majority.”
They set about scribbling their rebuttal.