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What kind of moral shithole is Rutgers University? After they killed Tyler Clementi for being gay, you'd think they'd cool it o...

Last week daytime Cable viewers were treated to a pair of contrasting high-stakes interrogations. On CSPAN we saw Carl Levin questioning J...

Among my contemporaries the gays are much less enthused than the straights about marriage equality. Gay people my age had to work out our ...

I used to feel an impulse to think-through various public controversies as they arose. More and more I tend to ignore. I thought I'd...

Some of us taxpayer/TV viewers are dismayed by the US Navy's advertising campaign, which emphasizes the slogan: I was thinking it...

This updates a previous post . With mere days to go before the concert(s), the personal homepage of guest conductor Martin Seggelke now in...

It had to happen sooner or later. Good old Rachel Maddow has put career ahead of truth. Two days ago, in a piece on gun control, she ...

What is it with the Roman Catholic Church and the Nazis? The last Pope fought in Hitler's army.  The new guy supported  the Argentine ...

Next Friday, March 15, the San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band plays a concert consisting entirely of Symphony #1, Lord of the Rings , by...

Finally, common ground for liberals and conservatives:    Quality shotguns in every household. Obamacrats have no desire to promote coll...

Time:  Near future. Place: ATT Park, Giants' Press Room Manager Bruce Bochy at the dais. Room jammed with reporters and cameras. B...

Now that the U.S. Military welcomes openly gay and lesbian recruits, professional sports remains the leading proponent of gay-exclusion. T...

In addition to the no-black-musicians weirdness at the recent concert of the San Francisco Lesbian and Gay Freedom Band there was even more ...

The city is San Francisco. The year is 2012. The musical group is called the San Francisco Lesbian and Gay Freedom Band , performing in ...

Last century my mom taught me that sales tax is regressive.  "That means it's good for rich people and bad for poor people,"...

Jesuit recruiting lit distinguishes between religious orders that are active and those that are contemplative--doing stuff versus , I guess,...

When you look at the morbidly obese person at the far right of the WaPo picture below, you understand why Obama's services as spokesmode...

Sometimes a stupid headline can completely warn you off a story. The Onion specializes in stupid headlines, such as with this above-the-fo...

We Intermediate Stage Band enrollees gathered in the hall outside the band room at SF City College waiting for the class before ours to clea...

Many of us have been scratching our heads over President Obama's insistence on so-called bipartisanship regarding healthcare reform legi...