Liberal Mac User Grumblings About the Hillary Chat

I didn’t see it. I sent some provocative questions beforehand that I knew she’d be too good a politician to take on in her first chat. The video would not play on a Mac, or at least not my office Mac which is a WAY cool Intel Quad Xeon thing. I stayed late at the […]

Faith, Ecstasy, and the Unknowable

I find it amazing, frustrating, and somewhat amusing to be at a new “crisis of faith” at mid-life. There have been several periods along the path where I believed I’d reached my “terminal belief system,” even while knowing that many become more religious later in life.
I always attributed late-life conversions to fear of the […]

Jake Gyllenhaal: The World’s Buffest Drag Queen

Sometimes I can be WAY too serious. Here’s something to lighten things up.

Stonewall Dems Unhappy With Choice of Harold Ford For DLC

Gay Democrats are in a tough position. We shouldn’t be surprised. Like African Americans it is easy for us to feel taken for granted by the Democratic Party. I’ve read coverage over the past year in the Washington Blade about how Howard Dean, the party chair, has subtly lowered the profile of Gay and Lesbian […]

Virginia General Assembly to Target Gay-Straight Alliances Once Again

Reports are that this will likely be passed by the House of Delegates and fail in the Senate once again.
The basic idea is that since you have to treat all student extracurricular groups equally, you make students have to get signed permission slips from their parents to participate in any group. (Washington Blade.) Now a […]

Disappointed in Massachusetts

Revised 4 Jan. for clarity.
It is a blow to hear that Massachusetts will advance their anti-gay marriage amendment to the next stage in the process. An aspect of the disappointment is a feeling that some powerful allies who in the past took some courageous stands have now folded — the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, […]

Auld Lang Syne?

For Old Times sake? I, for one, am ready for new times.
2006 was the year when the winds finally began to shift. It’s been a tough century for progressives — so far. The outcome of the Fall elections may be a blip on the political timeline, but just may be a harbinger of good […]

Anti-gay initiatives: exercising a tyranny of the majority

Updated 12/28/2006 with some additional thoughts and clarifications.
The use of the democratic initiative process has gotten out of hand. The history of the movement is pretty easy to understand. When lawmakers abdicate their responsibility, failing to legislate when legislation is needed, well-meaning people are moved to take the matter to the people.
The problem is […]

Episcopals Take Their Crayons and Go Home

Last week nine Virginia Episcopal parishes voted to leave the U.S. Episcopal church to affiliate with the Episcopal Church of Nigeria. (see Harold Meyerson, Dec 20, WashingtonPost.com.)
[The] Anglican archbishop of Nigeria, Peter Akinola, … has called the growing acceptance of gay relationships a “satanic attack” on the church, and … supports legislation in his […]

Marriage equality for all: abolish marriage!

There’s a lot to discuss on Gay Marriage Equality, for tonight, let me share this one anecdote.
There is one place where logic cuts through so clearly that it amazes me that the average lay person doesn’t get it. I have a very bright, liberal, open and warm couple of friends, a man and a woman […]

Soy Not a Factor

One bit of internet sensationalism going around this week was prompted by this bit of pseudo-science: “Soy Is Making Kids Gay.” It has been hashed out on my (thankfully progressive) neighborhood listserve as well as quoted in the Washington Blade’s “On the Record” section.
While I am not a scientific study nor even alone a scientifically […]

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