Open Thread and Diary Rescue

This evening's Rescue Rangers are Avila (thanks for pulling a last-minute double shift!), dadanation, grog, jennyjem, joyful, and Unitary Moonbat, with srkp23 as editor.

• dogemperor brings some welcome news (along with detailed research and thorough analysis) from the front lines of the culture wars: Another dominionist "character" front may be blocked in SC. (Unitary Moonbat)
• Remember how President 24% 19% was against intervention in Kosovo before he supported it? Avenging Angel walks us through how the Current Occupant first found Kosovo on a map and his eventual policy flip-flop in Dazed and Confused: Bush's Hilarious History on Kosovo. (grog)
• dedmonds reviews some of the current data on homophobia in our schools and presents a blistering response to an appallingly biased article in Time Magazine regarding the recent murder of 8th grader Lawrence Brown, in Time on Homophobia in Schools: Gay Activists Exaggerate. (dadanation)
• Taurus Rising discusses the life of Cuban poet, novelist and gay activist Reinaldo Arenas, and wonders Dare We Hope a New Day is Dawning in Cuba? (Avila)
• theantidesi101 reminds us that a rising tide lifts all of us equally in Labor Unions/Queer Rights: For Economic and Sexual Justice. (joyful)
• taonow, with the help of author W.K. Klingaman, compares current attitudes about spending and saving with those of another time in Borrow - It's simply the patriotic thing to do (1929). (jennyjem)
• markin reviews a book I'd like to read and reminds us that African-American soldiers and their Black Experiences in the American Civil War were breaking new ground long before Senator Obama. (joyful)
• Elsinora suggests that we work to embrace those Republican voters who may share our progressive goals: The Winter of Our Discontent. (joyful)
• Goldie Taylor muses on the changing American Dream and the difference between love and pride in our nation in the heartfelt I, too, Sing America. (Avila)
• CBcomedian joins Michelle Obama in declaring what makes him proud to be living in this country in PRIDE, LUCK & BEING AN AMERICAN. (jennyjem)
• Milos Janus Outlook, with the help of Lincoln historians and their published works, provides a robust context for the war-time policies of our 16th president in Lincoln, Bush, and War Policies. (dadanation)
• UN Dispatcher reports new obstacles for peacekeepers and the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea in Meanwhile, In Eritrea... (Avila)
• NYCLU Jen reports on the decision of the New York chapter of the ACLU to sue the NYPD over their apparent retaliatory denial of investigative journalist/blogger Leonard Levitt's press badge: NY Cops Deny Press Pass to Respected Police Blogger. (dadanation)

brillig brings Top Comments - 02/20/08 M.O.S. Edition.

Enjoy, and please promote your favorite diaries in the open thread.