27 Aug
San Francisco - US Lesbian rights pioneer Del Martin, who married her partner of 55 years in one of California first same-sex weddings, died Wednesday in San Francisco of natural causes. She was 87.
Thank you for your devotion to our rights. Thank you for never giving up.
Life is so short, way too short to mess [...]
27 Aug
In case you live in a cabin in the woods with out electricity, or maybe under a rock, Michelle Obama spoke on Monday night at the democratic national convention in Denver. She was the keynote speaker. I’ve got a bit of campaign direction for Obama, but that’s not why I’m here today. I am going [...]
28 Jul
After seven and a half years of conservative leadership in the United States I think it’s safe to say that the American people are exhausted. We’ve survived the smug self-righteousness of the conservatives, blunted our ears and minds to the endless propaganda streaming from Fox news, CSPAN, stared blankly as even the satire of lies, [...]
02 Jul
At the end of his life, Senator Marchese Guglielmo Marconi, president of the Royal Academy of Italy, Member of the Fascist Grand Council wondered if he had done the world some good, or if he had added a menace. The Nobel Laureate invented the radio, operating a two-circuit transmitter he commanded the Italian Military radio [...]
15 May
I know I’m probably taking this a little too literally (or am I reading too much into it?) but I don’t know how I’m supposed to respond to the new House Republican’s slogan. In a season of calls for change, democratic contests, encouraging numbers of people expressing hope, a sincere interest in the electoral process, [...]
03 Apr
I was standing on Church street tonight with my dear friend Jill. We’d just been out together, and then ate a quick dinner. We had a lovely time. I adore Jill and time with her is always well spent. We’re different in many ways, but somehow the two of us are cut from the same [...]
05 Oct
It’s hard to admit, but I’ve spent much of my life in a backward condition. I have always felt a general feeling of us and them, and in my darkest hours I’ve suspected that maybe it was only me, and there wasn’t even an us. It doesn’t matter how I found myself in this [...]
16 Jul
The man who has stood by me, right beside me, and listened with love and friendship to my deepest flaws, secrets, and innermost spiritual questions died last night in San Francisco. He passed away in his sleep, at home with his wife and son beside him.
I met Silas in 1983, I was only beginning [...]
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