Washington Post reporters are a bunch of opinionated, biased, partisan, racist, sexist atheists (or, possibly, Wiccans) who should be thankful they have thoughtful, proactive bosses who are willing to protect them from their worst impulses.

You know blogging has gone mainstream when two members of Bush’s cabinet start doing it.
Yes, I now have something in common with Michael Leavitt, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and Michael Chertoff, Secretary of Homeland Defense. Welcome to the internets tubes, guys!
The men take very different approaches with their blogs.

Leavitt says he writes [...]

The age-old question of which side is God on has taken a decidedly local turn in these parts. Our independent weekly recently ran a couple of stories about a football coach who forces kids not just to pray before games, but to adopt his Christian evangelical POV. Parents, the stories reported, were afraid to protest [...]

No, it has nothing to do with heart-rate monitors. Your walk score is determined by analyzing your proximity to stores and services.
We help homebuyers, renters, and real estate agents find houses and apartments in great neighborhoods. Walk Score shows you a map of what’s nearby and calculates a Walk Score for any property. Buying a [...]

The prestige of an M.I.T. degree just took a dive.
An MIT student wearing what turned out to be a fake bomb was arrested at gunpoint Friday at Logan International Airport and later claimed it was artwork, officials said.
Star Simpson, 19, had a computer circuit board and wiring in plain view over a black hooded sweat [...]

Have you, like me, had problems with the whole concept of carbon offsets? As it’s usually explained, you drive your Lady Hummer, fly when it would be easier to walk, and install an ice rink in the backyard of your Miami home…BUT you also pay someone to clean up enough carbon somewhere else on the [...]

The voice-over’s pretty bad but something tells me most viewers of this pro-vegetarian ad, airing in Houston today, won’t notice.
Houston was recently ranked the sixth fattest city by Men’s Fitness magazine. For punishment, Houstonites must watch this ad, produced by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), at least two dozen times on Wednesday [...]

You know how most young women who are planning a wedding are totally consumed by candidates’ positions on Iraq, health care, and global warming? And how their fondest wish is to be able to compare and contrast platforms and then examine their findings in online discussion groups?
According to a new web site the last thing [...]

When the Karl Roves and Andrea Laffertys of the world decided that the best way to get out the vote was to fire up the masses about gay rights, they never considered that some of their own were gay too. It’s kind of like forgetting that some Republicans are black, and one or two are [...]

It’s been a long time since we had any news about the murder of Ryan Skipper, a gay Florida man who police believe was the victim of a hate crime.
In that time, another man was slain because his murderer wanted to kill a gay man — any gay man. In both deaths, investigators immediately [...]