Archive for May, 2011

The death at age 100 last week of renowned atomic physicist Maurice Goldhaber has helped to bring to light, through lengthy obituaries, his work in the discovery of a fundamental

There is a peculiar madness in the Washington, D.C. sphere which impulsively defines everything in terms of parties and politicians vying for power. Cheered on by those employed by the 24-hour news

The amazing events in Egypt this year, despite rough sledding for other popular uprisings in nations whose populations are also seeking reform in the Middle East, remain viable for a long march to

“The liberation of sexuality from the bonds of moralism has left in its wake a crying need for principled, intelligent, vigorous explorations of how a genuine morality can be introduced into

Kudos to the Washington Post for belatedly acknowledging the existence of a diminutive 5 ft. 2 in. young American gay man subjected to almost a year of cruel and unusual punishment at the hands of

The approach I am taking in these chapters is to examine the prospect that there is something unique and defining that underlies the fact that a certain number of us turn out to be homosexual, and

It is hard not to get swept up in the euphoria that so many Americans felt upon the news that the dreaded Osama bin Laden had been “taken out” by a U.S. special unit on May 1, even if a more

My view of gay identity is premised on two affirmations: 1. that there is an underlying order and purpose to the universe (propelled by a self-developing negative-entropic scientific lawfulness