This Is So Gay

Before I start picking on Barry Walters's  Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music 1969-2000  (Viking, 2026), I want to stress its virtues...

What with numerous prominent Democrats attacking Trump from the right on Iran, I shouldn't have been surprised by NPR's commentar...

Today is the nineteenth anniversary of this blog. It seems worth noting, even if I haven't been that assiduous lately; many other blogs ...

I almost -- that's  ALMOST --  felt a little sorry for Donald Trump after he was safely out of office in 2021.  One factor that hurt him...

Just a brief addition to yesterday's post.  On Sunday, Doonesbury's "Say What?" department posted this nugget from Sean H...

While I was reading right-wing Christians fuming that the Pope should stay out of politics, it occurred to me that such people usually insis...

CECILY. I have never met any really wicked person before. I feel rather frightened. I am so afraid he will look just like every one else. [E...