Quick and Dirty

Palin calls herself a fiscal conservative, but she must mean something different by 'fiscal conservative' than what I'm used to. As mayor, she drove her town into debt, despite all the earmarks she was getting from the federal government.

The American Chronicle has a great article about the history of secularism.

A Harvard study finds that voters (particularly men) are prejudiced against women in power (in India), but their perspectives change as their are around more women in power. Well, duh! Why did they even waste money on this? (Via Feministe)

McCain pushed a lady in a wheelchair? Now, I'm no fan of McCain, but really? I find this dubious. Then again... he's known to have a temper.