The Ohio bill, modeled on federal legislation approved by Congress in 1996, declares marriage between persons of the same sex to be "against the strong public policy of this state." But it goes beyond the federal act, and most of the so-called defense of marriage acts passed by the states, by denying state benefits to domestic partners of the same or opposite sex.

-- Ohio goes the anti-gay route


Thus, putting aside FCC Chairman Powell's interest in investigating the entire halftime show, the FCC inquiry will likely focus on whether the exposure of Jackson's breast was planned, and if so, who had advance knowledge of it. Powell has promised a "thorough and swift" investigation

-- if only his dad was as timely in investigating something a bit more important than this stupid crap

First Round: Kerry did well, Clark and Edwards won a state (OK is actually almost a tie, not too far from a three way with Kerry a near third) and came in second in a couple other places, Dean did bad, and Lieberman dropped out. Best that can be expected, I guess. Michigan, Maine, Tennessee, Virginia, and Wisconsin are scattered around the next couple weeks. Key states for Dean to stay alive and Edwards and/or Clark to target (you can probably guess which is which). The non-Kerry delegate count is still sizable enough for the others to be alive.

[btw Monday, C-SPAN covered a campaign appearance by Clark in OK that seems to have consisted of him shaking hands while people were on their way to work ... usual meet and greet, but not exactly fascinating to watch.]

Icky: Ice, mixed with slush, mixed with mid-30s temperatures, mixed with rain. Why was I out there? To catch a lecture that I will discuss next time, since it's late.