Archive for August, 2012

“Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.” This quote from Paul’s second letter to the Corinthians (4:16) in the Bible describes the

Type in the word, “bloviate,” on Google and near the top comes a flood of references to “bloviating ignoramus,” the phrase used on national TV by columnist George Will to

Asking, “What does it mean to be gay?,” in this series, I identified three ways in which same-sex erotic attraction is linked to a preponderance of personal qualities of great benefit

It’s just not fair, darn it! Why is it that right-wing Republicans (which is almost all Republicans by now) can’t just come out, be honest and say what they really think? Isn’t it

A lot of probably-sound speculation is circulating that Romney’s pick of Paul Ryan as his running mate signaled his concession to Obama in the November election. Romney was sinking in the

Viktor Frankl, in his monumental work, “Man’s Search for Meaning” (1946), drafted in a concentration camp to become a seminal contribution to two decades of post-World War II

As Romney and the Republicans close in on who they will nominate as their vice presidential candidate, the short list growing shorter still includes the most explosive option and there is a

The task of this series has been to juxtapose our essence as gay souls to what passes for our current post-Stonewall gay culture. In so doing, I have sought to define our essence through a wide

The conclusion of the 19th International AIDS Conference in Washington, D.C. left a lot of uncertainty and unanswered questions about the status of the epidemic and the chances for ending it. It,

In the wake of the latest crazed mass shooting of innocent civilians in the U.S. – the massacre at a midnight movie showing in Colorado – followed up by a near-miss with the seizure of a huge