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...Essentially, Shepard was lynched - taken from a bar, beaten and left to die because he was the vilified "other," whom society has often cast as an acceptable target of abuse; Dirkhising was just "another" to a pair of deviants. And while child abuse is unfortunately no big news, lynching still is. Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson were not satisfying some animalistic sexual impulse, they were bullies who gratuitously killed someone out of hate for being different than they were. It wasn't about them, it was about Matthew Shepard. Because they dramatically reflected some of society's darkest influences...
Both Democrats and Republicans still have plenty of time to address this vital issue before the final votes are cast next November. But as it stands now Bush has thrown down the gauntlet and the Democrats will have to address the debate on his terms. Will the public be treated to a substantial debate on the merits of testing and funding based on performance as well as other contentious issues such as the use of vouchers and charter schools...
...Vaux then notes that Justin, a Harvard Law student who was a cast member in The Real World Hawaii season, looks like TinTin. "He has that haircut, and he just looks a lot like him in general. He actually left the show, though. He couldn't take...
...probably already wondering if Warren Beatty, asked here last night about his possible run for the White House, has gotten any real donations from the Doonesbury-dwelling "Former Girlfriends for Warren" fundraising group. Asked if she was a real member or just a groupie who imagined her liaison, central cast-member Boopsie (whose enthusiasm for reincarnation reminds us of Beatty's sister, Shirley MacLaine) told her husband, "I have proof, B.D. He left a sock...
Though the 18,549 votes cast this year were an improvement over the 17,229 from two years ago, it was still low relative to the more than 40,000 active registered voters in the city...