Lamont Endorsement, etc.

The NY Times's editorial page today endorsed Ned Lamont over Joe Lieberman in the upcoming Connecticut Democrat primary election.

Actually, it's more of a ringing negative assessment of Lieberman. But it's very well written and worth a read.

Other reading recommendations from the NYT:

• An article on a megachurch's pastor speaking out against the radical right's version of Christianity. (This one is #1 on the list of most emailed articles.)
  
  
• The always wonderful Dan Savage contributed a piece on the recent anti-gay marriage court decisions in NY and WA. Money quote:

  Basically, both courts found that marriage is like a box of Trix: It's for kids.
  
  In New York, the court ruled in effect that irresponsible heterosexuals often have children by accident -- we gay couples, in contrast, cannot get drunk and adopt in one night -- so the state can reserve marriage rights for heterosexuals in order to coerce them into taking care of their offspring. Without the promise of gift registries and rehearsal dinners, it seems, many more newborns in New York would be found in trash cans.

  
  
  
• Judith Warner's OpEd piece from yesterday, about parental notification and its use as a tactical tool by the anti-choice crowd. (TimesSelect access is required for the full article, sorry. Ask if you want me to email you a copy. There's a free excerpt here.)
  
  
• Frank Rich talks about the declining media coverage of the war in Iraq. It's a little redundant to say, "Frank Rich has written something that's recommended," of course. (TimesSelect: op cit)
• Molly Ivins's take on the same theme. (Free!)