As the United States  grapples with the  effects  of the  Covid-19 pandemic there have been a number of  cultural causalities.  One of the...

The words of the President of the United States, matter. Even the words of this President, matter a great deal, and that, is the problem. ...

Hey there folks... For the most part I have been silent on the 2020  US Presidential race, as I waited for the Democratic Primary process...

Back in 1982 a movie came out called  "Making Love".  It was the first major Hollywood movie to feature a gay love story as th...

They say the worst thing you can have in live television is “dead air”. Suddenly in front of a room full of government and media dignitarie...

-From the Washington Post: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) screams as his head is lit on fire. Former president Barack Obama is smashed face...

Remembering a different life... The following is a updated repost of  one of the first blog entries I ever wrote, back in  October...

Wednesday October 7th, 1998 was a fairly ordinary day in Chicago. I was working for a small consulting firm in the near West suburb of Oa...

(The following is an updated repost  of an entry from Sept. 11th, 2011) Today the media, and the blogosphere will undoubtedly be full o...

It was 21 years ago I walked into Gentry.   A small dingy little piano bar in Chicago, on Halsted Street.   I hadn't planned on going ...

Recently I found myself in a back and forth on Facebook with a dear friend and Scouting colleague who expressed dismay at my cr...

Meanwhile back in Wisconsin... (From the Associated Press) - MADISON, Wis. — Flying a gay pride rainbow flag over the Wisconsin stat...