At nearly six minutes, this made-for-Internet ad is inciting the blogosphere with every click. Fifty-eight seconds in, you'll find the target of outrage: A family sitting on a porch blowing bubbles at each other (because that's what families do?) is seen through the lens of a sniper. Overhead an announcer says the following: Marriage between man and woman is held up as the ideal in all of Read more

Did you think I forgot to watch the season premiere of 30 Days, with all of Tuesday's Democratic nomination wrap up, and the accompanying speech mania? Well, don't worry, because even though this recap is a day late, I still caught the episode which had filmmaker Morgan Spurlock working under the earth's surface for 30 days as a West Virginian coal miner. Morgan spent his 30 days living with Read more

That counting didn't take long! CNN just projected that Clinton will win the biggest piece of the 28 delegates at stake in West Virginia, and by a wide margin. According to exit polls, almost as many of Hillary Clinton's West Virginia supporters would vote for John McCain as would for Barack Obama. If Obama were the Democratic nominee, 36 percent of Clinton supporters said they would vote for Read more

While we wait for the results out of West Virginia, go check out these maps. I cannot stress enough how geeky rad these pixilated hot-spot vote maps from the Daily Kos are. And there's a million of 'em. Watch the colors shift over time, election by election. And it's all Dems baby. On the map, "red represents Clinton votes, green represents Edwards votes, and blue represents Obama votes." Hmm. Read more

Childhood obesity has been a growing problem, and West Virginia has the worst problem in the U.S. - but they've decided to do something to battle the bulge. Goodbye sweaty gym class, hello Konami's Dance Dance Revolution. They are planning to put one in every one of the public schools to help put a halt to weight gain. I love this idea - I applaud anything that gets kids excited about moving Read more

It is being reported that the Medicaid program in one of the country's most overweight states, West Virginia, is turning to Weight Watchers to help with the ongoing obesity problem. Up to 75,000 West Virginians will soon be eligible for free weight loss courses through Weight Watchers, thanks to an effort by the state Medicaid program and the health benefits group UniCare, the largest provider Read more