Opinion

Midterm elections are rarely favorable to the President’s party and, true to history, the Democrats took a beating on Election Day. Republicans picked up enough seats to gain control of the Senate, which means that come next year, Congress could be entirely in the control of Republicans. That makes President Obama the sole firewall against […]

Rural versus Urban. These days, “us versus them” seems to describe the whole world: Israel versus Gaza, ISIS versus non-Muslims, cops versus African-Americans, Republicans versus Democrats. When I get really bummed out bv our inability to “just get along,” as Rodney King memorably put it, I think back to a wonderful rant published by the

Love. The most elusive and misunderstood emotion. And the one thing that everyone searches for. But, to quote 80s pop star Howard Jones, what is love anyway? We know its a many splendored thing, but what does that even mean? What else are you splendoring these days? Love permeates every cell and pore of our

Call this one a Life Lesson. Every once in a while, in the midst of our daily routines and our complaints about life’s minor aggravations, an unexpected loss shocks us into realizing just how very fragile — and very precious — life is. My friend Paul Chase died last month in a senseless automobile accident.

In the world of theatre there is a saying: “dying is easy — comedy is hard”. Simply put, it means that it is much easier to play a death scene than it is to make people laugh. Comedy is a broad spectrum and what seems funny to one person, may not even be the slightest

Whoa… not so fast! As the celebration of marriage equality winds down our community appears poised to pivot toward, and bring the primary focus of our formidable influence, to the fight for passage of the newly introduced Equality Act, which would provide more comprehensive protections against anti-LGBT discrimination than its predecessor the Employment Non-Discrimination Act