‘National News’ Articles

Once every generation, somebody comes along who marries exceptional talent with such an intense sense of purpose and passion that this somebody becomes the one by which all others are measured. Like Julia Child for cooking and Meryl Streep for acting. Such is the case of Rachel Maddow, who I believe will come to be [Continue]

February was an interesting month in the war over reproductive freedom in the U.S. and the events that unfolded may, just may illuminate a shift in the American mood. SUSAN B. KOMEN FOR THE CURE, an organization that has raised over US$2 billion for women’s breast cancer research, announced it was ending funding to Planned [Continue]

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]