Ryan Sager looks at the extremists at the Conservative Political Action Conference and worries. Money quote:
Make absolutely no mistake about it: This party, among its most hard-core supporters, is not about freedom anymore. It is about foisting its members’ version of morality and economic intervention on the country.
Yep. That what Bush has accomplished for conservatism. Ramesh responds – but his response is primarily political not philosophical. But what if Bush really is successful politically – and entrenches big government, moralizing paternalism as the Republican core for a new generation. What happens to real conservatism?
METH AND HIV: More evidence of a dangerous connection: meth makes people far more susceptible to becoming infected and makes infected people far more infectious by ramping up their viral loads. Add to that the fact that meth users on HIV meds do not follow their regimens fathfully enough and you can see how drug-resistant virus can mutate and be spread more easily. It’s amazing, given these facts, that HIV infection rates among gay men have been stable or declining.
The Dish 