the mistake will not be repeated
Kyoko Mori was born and raised in Japan but she has lived her adult life in America. On her first return to Japan she visits the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima. She wonders, are the horrors in the...
View Articlegrammatical activism, or man v. 'beest
In Innocent Killers, a book Jane Goodall wrote with her then-husband, the nature photographer Hugo van Lawick, Jane engages in a little activism via grammar: "It may seem strange, to some, that I write...
View ArticleI don't trust Barack Obama
I don't distrust Barack Obama. On the whole I find him likable and think he's done a decent job in the Senate. But it's long seemed to me he could do better.
View Articlewhat motivates you? fear? anger? hope?
Amory Lovins, author of Winning the Oil Endgame, which prophesies various ways we will escape dependence on Big Oil, is an optimist. "Sometimes after I give a talk, some folks get irked that I talk...
View ArticleHow to Amend the California State Constitution
Since there is a lot of uncertainty out there about the process -- in California all it takes to amend the constitution is a vote of 50% plus one. The relevant passage: CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION ARTICLE...
View ArticleNew US Poet Laureate Gay-Married Californian
The Librarian of Congress has chosen Kay Ryan of Marin County, California, to be the next US Poet Laureate. From SFGate: Ryan learned about the honor Monday, when she and her partner of 30 years, Carol...
View Articleparents of gay kids can change
Young gay people whose parents or guardians responded negatively when they revealed their sexual orientation were more likely to attempt suicide, experience severe depression and use drugs than those...
View ArticleUS Poet Laureate: Married, now Widowed, still Lesbian
Last July Kay Ryan learned she had been chosen the newest U.S. Poet Laureate by the Librarian of Congress. At the time Ryan and her partner, Carol Adair, were busy arranging a civil marriage, the...
View ArticleDon't like "Marriage"? Here's your chance!
Which dual-sex couples are going to challenge their exclusion from Domestic Partnership in California? The California Supreme Court just ruled that same sex couples are entitled to all the rights of...
View Articlesaying nice things about Dan Choi
I feel encouraged and inspired by Lt Dan Choi, a man living his principles, his hopes, his love, and wagering his life's work that those really matter to our government, to our military, that America...
View ArticleGo, Gay Nephews!!! Go, Gay Brothers!! (And you girlfriends, you're great, too!)
So I'm reading this morning's NY Times article about the tight campaign (mostly orchestrated by Governor Cuomo, the Times says) that finally brought marriage equality to New York State, and I come...
View ArticleGay Marriage in John Steinbeck's East of Eden
Those of us who can't take for granted seeing our lives represented in the main story don't take for granted that some version of our officially unseeable world hasn't been there all along.Gay men...
View ArticleIndigo Kalliope: Poem Poems from the Left
I am trying to think up a good poem. I would like it to be good to make up for all the offenses of bad poems. Though I suspect that's too much to demand from my simple skills. Even a really good poem...
View ArticleRemember the atrocities in Guatemala in the 80s?
I remember the Reagan administration's fascination with Central America during the 80s. Reagan's preoccupation eventually led to a constitutional crisis here (see Iran-Contra). But there was plenty of...
View ArticleA tourist in Mexico City is asked a question
My husband and I, a male couple, are visiting Mexico City. Today while walking before the Metropolitan Cathedral, we separately got approached by cute young people. K’s two girls introduced themselves...
View ArticleBernie Sanders Doesn’t Want Your Vote
Their greed, their recklessness, their illegal behavior has destroyed the lives of millions of Americans. Frankly, if I were a hedge fund manager, I would not vote for Bernie Sanders. And I would...
View ArticleProtests in Russia : a few on-the-ground accounts
There are anti-Putin protests going on in Russia. “Tens of thousands of Russians took to the streets in protest on Saturday to demand the release of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, braving the...
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