February 12, 2014
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As of Monday night, a Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly,courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty,brave, clean, reverent, gay, and can even achieve the rank of Eagle Scout. Unbeknownst to me, sometime last night Boy Scout Troop 52 announced that 17-year-old Pascal Tessier … Continue reading
November 25, 2013
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The utter ridiculousness of a dad being arrested after trying to pick kids up from school on foot instead of in a car, astounds me. via YouTube
August 23, 2013
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This doesn’t surprise me.
June 14, 2013
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Today I had the honor of being one of few men to join the panel on WETA’s “To The Contrary,” with Bonnie Erbe, for a Father’s Day edition of the normally all-female news analysis program. (The show will air later … Continue reading
June 4, 2013
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It’s only Monday, and it’s been an unusual week, in a very good way. Suddenly, I’m in the media. I wasn’t looking for it, and certainly wasn’t expecting it, but two opportunities to write and talk about being a gay … Continue reading
March 2, 2012
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Make it stop. Won’t somebody please make it stop? Apparently, Bristol Palin is still famous for reproducing. (Accidentally, or not.) Lifetime has picked up Bristol Palin: Life’s A Tripp, a 10-episode docuseries chronicling Bristol Palin’s life as a young, single … Continue reading
February 2, 2012
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This entry is part 26 of 26 in the series poisonous parentingI mentioned earlier that I’ve been doing a bit of writing about the GOP candidates for the day job. Those posts are limited to policy issues, usually economic policy. … Continue reading
January 3, 2012
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First there was the kid in Virgina, missing and then found after being abducted following a double murder, when the SUV he was sleeping in was stolen. Now this.
September 12, 2011
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Given what I’ve been writing for the past few years upward mobility and the state of "the American Dream," it doesn’t come as a surprise to me that downward mobility is the trend that seems likely to dominate the next … Continue reading
July 8, 2011
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This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series If There Was Any Justice Both Casey Anthony’s defense team and her parents issued statements after her acquittal. Her parents, in their statement, said something that the defense couldn’t say, … Continue reading
July 7, 2011
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This entry is part 1 of 3 in the series If There Was Any Justice “If there was any justice in this world…” People usually say that when they believe they’ve witnessed a miscarriage of justice in either the legal … Continue reading
July 5, 2011
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I haven’t written much about it but, crime buff that I am, I’ve been following the Casey Anthony trial pretty closely. The armchair psychologist in me was pulled in by the strangeness of both the accused and he family. Now, … Continue reading
June 21, 2011
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Quelle suprise. Bristol Palin took the “fall down drunk, get up pregnant” route to parenthood. Bristol Palin writes in her new book of losing her virginity to boyfriend Levi Johnston on a camping trip after getting drunk for the first … Continue reading
June 17, 2011
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I know by now it’s been by everybody and his brother, but I’m posting it here for all the parents in the world who have ever thought what the title of this book says. [pro-player width='400' height='380']http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVtr3QL-PXY[/pro-player] Go ahead, play … Continue reading
June 8, 2011
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I grew up a skinny, effeminate, non-athletic, black gay boy in the south … during the Reagan era. That’s what I sometimes tell people when they ask my about what growing up was like for me. Those who get it, … Continue reading
May 17, 2011
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I’ve been so busy with work and family that I’ve fallen behind on my email. I didn’t know I was in the running, but apparently this blog has been voted one of Circle of Moms Top 25 LGBT Parent Blogs. … Continue reading
May 12, 2011
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This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Galt Goes BustPZ Meyers makes an excellent point about this horrific story. [pro-player width='400' height='380' type='video']http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f13dVXVfogw[/pro-player] A young girl was found caged and attempting to eat herself in a mobile … Continue reading
March 22, 2011
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I don’t remember the last time I was nominated for a blogging award (check the sidebar), or included in a list of "top" bloggers in any category. So I was a bit surprised to learn that this blog has been … Continue reading
February 28, 2011
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This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series Conservatives’ Race to Oblivion I watched the Oscars last night, for what has to be at least the 30th time, because I’ve watched them every year since I was old … Continue reading
December 15, 2010
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I can’t remember why I suggested to Parker that he and I read the the Harry Potter books together. I’m sure it was in part because I wanted to continue to encourage in him a love of reading. That’s why … Continue reading