Finally
04:31 | 21-Mar-10 | by Steve | published in Culture and Society, Current Events, Health, Politics, Society
I didn’t turn on the Republicans, as the saying goes; they turned on me.
Current Events
The Final Passing of American Journalism
04:25 | 19-Jul-09 | by Steve | published in Anxiety, Culture and Society, Current Events, Featured, Headline, History, Obituaries, Politics, Society
What is sad is that no one has picked up his mantle to deliver the news in a fashion that doesn’t glorify something or someone, or trash something or someone.
Of Interest: 19-Jul-09
02:53 | 19-Jul-09 | by Steve | published in Culture and Society, Current Events, Featured, Gay and Lesbian, History, Politics, Society
“Unfortunately, NASA couldn’t present as its spokesman and great philosopher a former high-ranking member of the Nazi Wehrmacht with a heavy German accent.”
Of Interest: 12-Jul-09
03:55 | 12-Jul-09 | by Steve | published in Civil Liberties, Culture and Society, Current Events, Featured, Headline, History, Politics, Society
The Crazy Train continues puffing up the tracks …
Waiting Room
04:16 | 02-Jul-09 | by Steve | published in Beagles, Current Events, Featured, Life, Miscellany
The waiting, as opposed to doing the same things every day, is what’s hard … Ain’t life grand sometimes?
Two Right-Wing Terrorist Murders in Two Weeks
09:05 | 10-Jun-09 | by Steve | published in Anxiety, Civil Liberties, Civility, Culture and Society, Current Events, Featured, Society
“Apocalyptic aggression is fueled by right-wing pundits who demonize scapegoated groups and individuals in our society, implying that it is urgent to stop them from wrecking the nation.”
Marriage Equality Arrives in New Hampshire
06:45 | 17-May-09 | by Steve | published in Civil Liberties, Current Events, Featured, Gay and Lesbian, Marriage Equality, New Hampshire
“What gay or lesbian couple is going to want to go out and give their hard-earned dollars to people who really don’t want to participate in their weddings?”
The Right Way
06:02 | 26-Apr-09 | by Steve | published in Civil Liberties, Culture and Society, Current Events, Featured
“The perpetrators, like many Germans and Japanese of the 1933-45 period and communists of the Soviet and People’s Republic periods, will probably never be brought to heel for what they’ve done.”
Germans Join UN Racism Conference Boycott
10:54 | 19-Apr-09 | by Steve | published in Current Events, Germany
Racism should not be fought with … reverse racism, not to mention historical ignorance.
We Can. And We Do.
06:00 | 15-May-08 | by Steve | published in California, Current Events, Featured, Gay and Lesbian
«Daryl Cagle, MSNBC»
Every once in awhile, every great once in awhile, I … sort of like the «state of California»:
‘The California Supreme Court struck a historic but possibly short-lived blow for gay rights Thursday, overturning a state law that allowed only opposite-sex couples to marry. In a 4-3 ruling that elicited passionate responses on both [...]
Big, Dirty Bathtub
07:23 | 11-Nov-07 | by Steve | published in Current Events, San Francisco Area
What was originally described on local radio as a spill amounting to just “140 gallons of bunker oil” following the ramming of the Bay Bridge by a container ship last week rapidly turned into 58,000 gallons of oil spilled into San Francisco Bay, which will have «long-lasting effects»:
‘A major oil spill is making San Francisco [...]
