It was another week of loss, this time of Ray Brad­bury, a science-​​fiction writer who has been embraced by lib­er­als and con­ser­v­a­tives alike, though for dif­fer­ent rea­sons. The Cal­i­for­nia Propo­si­tion 8 case was refused by the en banc Ninth Dis­trict Court of Appeals, so its next stop is the Supreme Court, most likely next sea­son. We had a hand­ful of elec­tions, and Democ­rats are claim­ing vic­tory on one Wis­con­sin state Sen­ate seat (though incum­bent Sen­a­tor Van Wang­gaard may call for a recount, per­haps of the let­ters in his last name).

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