San Francisco Chronicle, January 19, 2009 by David L. Kirp
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/19/EDEU15BU9O.DTL&type=printable
What matters far more are the big-ticket federal policies that can make or break people’s lives – hate crimes, employment discrimination, the don’t ask, don’t tell policy—and, on those issues, Obama is on the side of the angels.