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Good Thursday to everyone!

If you missed the summer party last night you missed an amazing event with some truly spectacular food! We missed you but hope that you can join us in the future!

Now for the news!

A recent audit of Kansas technology found that there were a number of computers sold without removing the private information from them.... oops...

Graves and Barnes are sparing over immigration.

Claire says that the "Gas Tax Holiday" is a farce.

Evidently Nancy Boyda has a substantial lead over both opponents, and sadly in the primary Jim Ryun is far ahead of Lynn Jenkins.

Rock the Vote has released their New Media Tactics (pdf), to help people on both sides of the isle understand more about how they can use technology to do young voter or new voter outreach.

"A belief in intelligent design is a matter of faith, not science. If teachers believe in it, they should confine their lectures to their own kids in their own homes. To do it in a school setting is unconstitutional, and it undermines the education the kids are supposed to be receiving."

-- San Antonio Express-News, saying in an editorial that "intelligent design"/creationism does not belong in public school science classes.

A bill to overhaul the way evolution is taught in Louisiana public schools easily cleared its final legislative hurdle Monday despite threats of a lawsuit. The measure, Senate Bill 733, now goes to Gov. Bobby Jindal, who is expected to sign it.

A new survey on religion and politics provides important background on the dynamics at work among religious voters in 2008.