Like many New Yorkers, I was surprised and disappointed to read that Charles Schumer voted in support of the Coburn Amendment. You know, that pretty little piece of redneck legislative garbage that stripped “any … museum, theater [or] art center” from receiving any bailout funds in...

Governor David Patterson is sabre-rattling, having released a state budget and tax “austerity” plan that adds a 4% sales tax to basically just about everything once can do for enjoyment and relaxation. The proposal adds the tax to digital downloads, taxi rides, gym memberships, cable and...

Let’s be frank on where TenduTV stands on this topic… we believe the passage of Prop 8 and similar measures in Arizona, Florida, and Arkansas was a disgrace and an abomination. We believe that these laws are a direct violation of the fundamental rights guaranteed to Americans in the both...

On November 5th, we will (hopefully) wake up to a profoundly different world. I’m not talking about your “run of the mill” different world - I’m talking the type of morning where the global paradigm shifts on a par with September 12, 2001; July 21, 1969; August 7, 1945 and December...

My efforts to stay away from politics fail me again. One of the current memes on the campaign trail is the conflict between the Palin and McCain camps (story originally found on Politico). In a nutshell, the storyline goes that Palin knows she’s on a sinking ship, and has started focusing more...

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has come out in support of the McCain camp’s attempt to pressure YouTube to exempt campaign ads from takedown notices. The brunt of their complaint is two-fold: first, that they are limiting free speech on the internet, especially given that not all of the clips...

Not surprising. (Warning: link opens a .pdf) [Thanks Courtney]