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The Post-American World

Every so often, I encounter a book whose author has managed to give voice to feelings I have, points I want to articulate, and perspectives I want to share. Fareed Zakaria's "The Post-American World" is one such book. A…
Food Safety Enhancement Act Won't Enhance Food Safety

The House of Representatives is considering HR 2749, the Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009, and it will soon come to a floor vote. From its title, it sounds good, right? Don't believe it. This one-size-fits-all app…
Gotta vent

Update belowExcuse me. I hate to get political on you, but I just need to let off some steam. On Wednesday, South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford joined a long list of Republican big-wigs who - ooops! - cheated on thei…
Families United

Immigration is a hot-button issue in the US, most often for reasons that are purely political rather than practical. On a practical level, though, immigraiton rights have a very human impact and America's tangled web of…
Who Is to Blame for the Next Attack?

Most of the time, I'm content to create my own content. Recently, I've been thinking a lot about the culture of fear that is the United States. It is something I'll write about in the near future. This morning, though…
Maybe We'll Get Married in Iowa Instead?

Last year I wrote about Tawn and I planning to get married in California when we returned to visit family over the holidays. That plan was upset by the voters of California, who passed Proposition 8 thanks largely to th…
Op-Ed Feature from The Nation: Without Equality, Tolerance is Just A Myth

Since you may not have a chance to read it yourself, I'm sharing an op-ed piece byPaisarn Likhitpreechakul written for The Nation, one of Thailand's two English language daily newspapers. Without equality, tolerance for…
NAACP Chair Addresses Human Rights Campaign

NAACP Board Chair Julian Bond spoke Sunday evening at a gathering of Human Rights Campaign, a gay-rights organization, in Los Angeles. In his 25-minute speech, he eloquently compares the push for gay marriage rights to …
Get To Know Us First

Borrowing from the entry in Chris Crain's Citizen Crain blog, news about GetToKnowUsFirst.org, a non-profit organization that created and is distributing a series of public service announcements about marriage equality.T…
BBC: Airport Protests Called Off

As of 7 pm Bangkok time Tuesday, the BBC was reporting that the protests that have closed the Thai capital's two civilian airports for the past week, stranding hundreds of thousands of passengers, has been called off. H…