“(I)t’s nice to be able to type the word ‘fucking’ and just hit publish. I need the sort of valve so many others have discovered on the great grassy bloglands of the new frontier — a quasi-space of my own to write whatever else I’m not being paid to write. We’ll see how it goes. I have no idea if my employer even allows me to blog. I think I’m just supposed to take it easy on tales of internecine warfare in the Post newsroom and that I should not, like, endorse candidates for public office and that sort of thing. I can only hope this blog brings trouble, because trouble means it’s being read.”

“I’m basically in support (of same-sex marriage). ... I think all these states that do it should do it. ... I personally support people doing what they want to do. I think it’s wrong for someone to stop someone else from doing that (getting married).”

“Someday at some point my dissent (against upholding Prop. 8) will be the majority view in California. I think that’s where the law is headed. Equal protection is either equal or it’s not. It’s not the kind of thing you can chip away at.”