Federal Court OKs Ban on Sale of Sex Toys [via Lex]
I object to the law under nearly every principle except Constitutionality. If Alabamans want to be Alabamans, that's left to Alabamans. As I've said before, the notion that the Constitution protects sexual activity is absurd. There is no privacy amendment.

Is The New York Times a Liberal Newspaper? [via Kevin]
New York Times Public Editor Daniel Okrent says "yes." While I consider the notion of overall media bias to the left to be debatable and worthy of discussion (I fall into the "liberal bias exists" camp), the New York Times is about as "Fair and Balanced" as Fox News, which is to say it isn't at all (though their bias, of course, leans in opposing directions). While Kevin chalks up the bias as more intentional and Okrent says it's more passive, I'm not particularly sure it matters. The point of the matter is that it's there and everything that is read in the NYT ought to be read through that lens (which is not to say it should be disregarded entirely).

Right Stuff, Wrong Staff: John Kerry Visits NASA and Blows a Photo Op
NASA Ordered to Pull Kerry Photos Offline
SpaceRef has been following the non-story of Understandably Goofy John Kerry in the Ultra-Cool Rocket Hatch.

Unhappy Workers Should Take Prozac --Bush Campaigner [via Warliberal]
Speaking on non-issues, this applies as well. The title makes it sound as though it was some sort of policy position or public defense of accusations against the Administration that the new jobs being created aren't as good as the ones that were lost. Rather, it was a private comment made by an assistant on a pay phone that was overheard by a reporter. I make a lot of wry remarks to friends and coworkers and they're indicative of nothing.

The Case for George W. Bush (i.e., what if he's right?) [via Knapp]
Tom Junod makes a unique "vote for the asshole" argument, the asshole being the sitting Commander-in-Cheif. I was going to give this it's own post, but that would mean quoting from it and I kept finding more and more from it I wanted to quote. I disagree with the Bush-is-an-asshole premise so it doesn't sway me one way or the other. But it's an extraordinarily well-written argument that has at least made Knapp think.

Andrew Sullivan on John Kerry's Nomination Speech
Sullivan has apparently decided that Kerry is, contrary to his earlier column about being the conservative candidate, a liberal candidate. Imagine that.