I mentioned this in my Weekly Political Roundup, but it merits a post of its own. Here’s Ellen DeGeneres talking about the recent hate-crime murder of gay eighth-grader Lawrence King. She’s more political than I’ve ever seen her, despite her protestations that she’s not a political person, and seems honestly emotional. If only more celebrities used their platforms to call for change like this. (Of course, a nice big donation to GLSEN or the Safe Schools Coalition wouldn’t hurt, either.)