For me, bidding a final farewell to Mom and Dad also represented a rite of passage. — A year and three weeks had passed since I witnessed my father’s eyes flashing neon clear, a few seconds before the family patriarch exhaled his final breath. …

When I hear about 31 sweaty bigots packed inside the box of a U-Haul truck, my imagination goes wild! — 6/11/2022, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho Picture 31 buff, homophobic white supremacists crammed together in the box of a U-Haul truck. Chest to shoulder, buttocks to thigh, like a jumbo package of BiMart (yes, pun intended) hotdogs; packed so close, noses are getting tickled by beard stubble. …

Master Class’ parent company is leaving oodles of cash on the table — Let’s take a quick scan over Master Class’ current roster of expert instructors through the eyes of a MAGA conservative… David Axelrod, socialist hack Jodie Foster, lesbian Hollywood elitist Ken Burns and Spike Lee, filmmakers who depict “accurate” U.S. history Malcom Gladwell, smug, foreign-born journalist Neil deGrasse Tyson, scientist

If there’s a worse allegation than “groomer,” I don’t know what it is — “… grooming occurs when adults take advantage of a child’s vulnerability to manipulate and coerce the child into sexual abuse. Now that meaning has been warped and corrupted to broadly smear the motives of LGBTQ people and those who oppose anti-LGBTQ legislation.” — Melissa Block, NPR I’m a writer. Words…

Freshman Senator Mallory McMorrow speaks truth to power — Recently, freshman Michigan State Senator Mallory McMorrow, (D) District 13, was the involuntary subject of an email sent out by colleague, Lena Theis (R) District 22. The following day, Senator McMorrow commanded the senate dais to respond. (Note: Portions of McMurrow’s speech were transcribed word for word from the April…

To many in the evangelical clergy, “Q” stands for Quandary — I once asked an evangelical Christian named Bob why he didn’t believe in evolution. His response: “Because nobody was there to see it.” “Evolution, after all,” Bob further opined, “is just another religion.” What made the man’s answer supremely ironic was that he had arrived at nearly all of his…

A queer septuagenarian songwriter needs you to know how much he cares. — Backstory Losing my dog, my father, and my mother in quick succession left me with much of my life’s purpose missing. …

A Tennessee pastor says so… — June 11, 2021 Thirty members of a Texas-based militia stood in military posture, guarding the Alamo Cenotaph in San Antonio. A number of them toted semi-automatic long rifles. Others displayed holstered handguns. The memorial hadn’t been defaced with anti-racist graffiti, as it had 13 months earlier, the last time this group assembled in…