I Wasn't Going To, But I Did. I Voted.
As a gay US citizen in exile for the past two years, I've had plenty of reason to have a complex love/hate relationship with my country, and I swore to myself that I'd not vote this year - the first...
View ArticleI Am The Poison Pill
You all saw this front page diary on Wednesday by Joan McCarter, where Marco Rubio (R-Small-but-immigration-privileged identity group) announced that Patrick Leahy's (D-Vt.) plan to offer an amendment...
View ArticleWisconsin Marriage Equality - A Historical Flashback
Wow. On election day morning of 2006, I voted, then went to my campus office and quickly sent this post to the various campus and community LGBT listservs, before getting in my car and heading to...
View ArticleThe Cynicism of John Roberts
With his vote today in the Obergafell decision, Chief Justice John Roberts revealed the deep political cynicism of his vote yesterday in King v. Burwell, and sealed his fate in the history books....
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The Hillo-Sanders Pie War of '15-'16: From Transparent Pie to Humble Pie & So...
Time For PieIt’s that time again in the Presidential primary season when the pie flies, causing me to reminisce about the good old days — back when pie fights actually resulted in recipes – a tangible...
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Carson Jones & Caleb Moore: A tale of two political sons.
Carson: thousands of documented hours of volunteer work (from the age of 13 on).Caleb: thousands of dollars in bail bond money (from 9 arrests).Carson: ten years experience working with animals in...
View ArticleA Little Motivation
Haven’t written a diary in a very long time, but listening to the live report on Nice Polite Republicans on the commute home, I felt motivated to put this up, because Sweet Honey In The Rock sings us...
View ArticleFinal Exams in the Age of Social Distancing
The above photo was taken on my campus, by a campus security officer. It’s a real sign, the faculty member is real and these are the classes the instructor is teaching this term. Today (Tuesday 17th...
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Hoppin' John, y'all. What's Your New Year's Good Fortune Tradition?
Many cultures have a New Year’s tradition for bringing good fortune for the coming year, and at a Zoom work meeting yesterday, our VP asked what everyone’s cultural New Year’s tradition. I said...
View ArticleDonald Trump, America's African President - Trevor Noah
Trevor Noah of the Daily Show just posted a 7-minute clip on Donald Trump — America’s African President. According to Noah: Donald Trump may not seem like commander-in-chief material to Americans, but...
View ArticleThis Time, Being Inaugurated On The Capitol Steps Is Important
The single most important elected positon in the world has spent the last four years smothered in darkness. There are a lot of incredibly important things he will do in the next days, months, years,...
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Bernie Mittens Become A Fundraiser. Get Your Bernie Mittens Now!
Jen Ellis, the Vermont school teacher who used recycled wool sweaters to make Bernie’s now-famous mittens has been inundated with requests — more than 18,000, by her estimate — to purchase a pair. The...
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