Jerry Brown

Why Do Mexicans Change Their Names, Seemingly at Whim?

California Supreme Court Grants Standing in Prop 8 Case to Opponents of Same-Sex Marriage

​The California Supreme Court ruled today that opponents who sued to appeal U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker's 2010 ruling, which found Prop 8 to be unconstitutional, have "standing" to do so. Walker's ruling in the case Perry v. Schwarzenegger would have, effectively, allowed same-sex marri ... More >>

Was the Space Shuttle Program a Success?

​Each week, Death by Science sends out an all-points bulletin for the latest science and technology news, tracks it down and beats a confession out of it. This week, we wake up, rub the sleep out of our eyes, roll over in bed and ask the Space Shuttle, "So, now what?" (We had sex with the Sp ... More >>

Barack Obama's Shift on Gay Marriage, and What It Means

​ Today's announcement that President Barack Obama's Justice Department will stop defending the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) seemed to come out of nowhere — unless you think the administration was emboldened by the election of alum Rahm Emanuel as mayor of Chicago. ... More >>

Proposition 8 Decision: We Will Decide In a Year or So

The California Supreme Court made a decision today, kind of, in the ongoing case of Proposition 8, the California ballot proposal that banned gay marriage in 2008. The California Supremes decided that they will decide something in about ten months to a year. There's nothing like justice delayed, ... More >>

Prop 8 Case Sent Back to California Supreme Court

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals sent the Proposition 8 case, Perry v. Schwarzeneger, back to the California Supreme Court. In something that could potentially aid the marriage-equality side, the federal court said the state high court needs to decide if those against gay marriage equality have st ... More >>

Tom DiNapoli's Appointment Logs: He's Just Too Nice a Guy

​Tom DiNapoli is too nice a guy. The state comptroller apparently can't say no to anyone who wants to meet with him, though he has a mixed record when it comes to delivering what his bellringers want. I've been reading half a foot of DiNapoli's appointment schedules from 2007 to now an ... More >>

Gay Marriage in California Put on Hold by Appeals Court

Well, that didn't last long. After his strongly worded decision rendering California's Proposition 8 unconstitutional, U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker lifted his stay last week, effective this Wednesday. Gay marriages were set to start again at 5 PM PDT tomorrow, but the Ninth Circuit Court of Ap ... More >>

We've Bailed out the Banks. When Do We Go After the Crooks Behind our Financial Collapse?

Well, that didn't last long. After his strongly worded decision rendering California's Proposition 8 unconstitutional, U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker lifted his stay last week, effective this Wednesday. Gay marriages were set to start again at 5 PM PDT tomorrow, but the Ninth Circuit Court of Ap ... More >>

Quotes of the Week

"Jerry Brown's career serves as a four-decade testament to the idea that politics is a means to a means. " -- Steve Kornacki, "Moonbeam's Final Adventure." "If the governor had any class, he'd invite us all to the mansion for a barbecue. Failing that, I'm going to the laundromat," -- Republica ... More >>

Fun Times Tool Lets You Pick Names Out of Inaugural Crowd

See what you can do with $250 million from Carlos Slim? The Times has an entertaining interactive feature today with which you can scan the Inaugural grandstand, and use your cursor to pick out and identify people, if the Times has already ID'd them. They don't seem to recognize Dan Quayle, and the ... More >>

Getting Over Election Day With The Candidate

See what you can do with $250 million from Carlos Slim? The Times has an entertaining interactive feature today with which you can scan the Inaugural grandstand, and use your cursor to pick out and identify people, if the Times has already ID'd them. They don't seem to recognize Dan Quayle, and the ... More >>

Letters

See what you can do with $250 million from Carlos Slim? The Times has an entertaining interactive feature today with which you can scan the Inaugural grandstand, and use your cursor to pick out and identify people, if the Times has already ID'd them. They don't seem to recognize Dan Quayle, and the ... More >>

Hugs and Kisses, The Outbursts of Everett True: Stolen Recordings

See what you can do with $250 million from Carlos Slim? The Times has an entertaining interactive feature today with which you can scan the Inaugural grandstand, and use your cursor to pick out and identify people, if the Times has already ID'd them. They don't seem to recognize Dan Quayle, and the ... More >>

Northern Exposures:

Clinton Does the Democratic Primaries

1991

Clinton Does the Democratic Primaries

Bush Overshadows the Primaries

Pundits Continue Their Attack on Howard Dean

Ramone

Marking the Identity of an Original Rock and Roll Group of 1975

Hell-Raising in Philly

An Activist’s Guide to Protests Outside the Republican Convention

Nation

An Activist’s Guide to Protests Outside the Republican Convention

Music

An Activist’s Guide to Protests Outside the Republican Convention

Waking Andy Kaufman

An Activist’s Guide to Protests Outside the Republican Convention

Enter Stage Left

Paul Wellstone Struts His Presidential Stuff on New York's Stage and Receives Mixed Reviews