‘National News’ Articles

On December 31, President Barack Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012. These things don’t muster much attention because the Congress is always passing defense authorization acts and presidents are always signing them. It’s just a pro forma allocation of money to the military. What caught some people’s attention this [Continue]

Yes, Even Eating is a Political Act A lot of people look at the New Year as a new beginning in their lives. And though most of us end up breaking our resolutions, it’s still an important process— reflect, rethink and resolve to do better. Evolution isn’t just something that happens to species over thousands [Continue]

Before you read this article, go to YouTube and search ‘sassy gay friend.’ Just in case you were wondering what happened this week with California’s Proposition 8, here’s the Sassy Gay Friend version. Sassy Gay Friend: What are you doing?! What, what, what are you doing?! California Supreme Court: I’m giving supporters of Prop 8 [Continue]

The era of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ officially came to an end Sept. 20, after 17 long years, putting an end to a highly dysfunctional policy that was very costly to our country, both morally and strategically. Leave it to Bill Clinton to come up with a policy called, “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” Maybe that [Continue]

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CNN’s Anderson Cooper revisits the story of Jamey Rodemeyer, a 14-yr-old who committed suicide after years of taunting. via CNN [Continue]

In August London police performed a sting operation in which they were targeting a 29-year-old Mark Druggan for apparently being involved in gun-related criminal activity. The Metropolitan police pulled over a mini-cab Druggan was in, gunfire ensued, Druggan was dead moments later. The following day, reports leaked out that contradicted the [Continue]

This has been a good month. For what seems like a very long time, things have felt bleak, and by long time, I mean since the day George W. was elected. That son of a bitch and his circle of ne’er-do-wells let 9/11 happen because W. was too busy playing cowboy on his ranch in [Continue]

Los Angeles (CNN) — Democratic California Gov. Jerry Brown said Thursday he had signed a bill that will require public schools in the state to teach students about the contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americas. The bill, believed to be the first of its kind in the nation, will also require teachers to [Continue]

Chalk up another one for Goliath. WARNING: I’m really pissed and I’ll be swearing a lot in this piece, so if swearing offends you, don’t read on.   June 20, 2011 will go down as an important day in the history of infamy. The Supreme Court of the United States handed down a decision, by [Continue]