Our illustrious fellowship coordinator Calvin Williams and Matt Birkhold, whom you may remember from his guest blogging tenure, posted a piece on WireTap this week about the Republican National Convention (RNC) demonstrations.

Cathy Renna over at Bilerico Project has a post about the work GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) and others did to keep the Catholic Church from blaming the child abuse scandal on gay priests. That work paid off, among other places, in the Pope's talking points yesterday.