One step forward... Colo. Governor Signs Partner Benefits Bill One step back... (Nevada) Gibbons vetoes domestic partner bill Ironically... or predictably, Gibbons is the twice-divorced Governor who has been in trouble for "the 860 text messages he sent in one month to the wife of a Reno doctor" and "the election-season sexual assault allegation of a woman in a parking garage after they were both drinking in October 2006." Big Man on values, that... Nevada Ready to Support Domestic Partner Equality, But Twice-Divorced Governor Stands in the Way.

A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.

Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich