Archive for the 'Politics' Category

News Flash: Ahmadinejad is a Blow Hard

Monday, October 1st, 2007

Ever since Ahmadinejad spoke at Columbia, all I’ve heard about it is his outlandish claim that Iran doesn’t have any gay people. Everyone was quick to point out how this is the opposite of true. Of course people living under brutal, oppressive authoritarian rule aren’t exactly forthcoming about their sexual preferences. Thank you, Captain Obvious […]

A Better Lakewood

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

I moved to the city of Lakewood, because it offered a lot of the amenities of living in the city (what with being 5 minutes away from down town) while still maintaining many suburban qualities. It reminds me of the small town I grew up in until I was 10. The neighbors are friendly, there’s […]

Monday, September 24th, 2007

Chile attempts to make up for never bringing Pinochet to justice. Chilean authorities have extradited former Peruvian President, Alberto Fujimori.

Sick Day News Roundup

Wednesday, September 12th, 2007

I don’t know how much I’ll be posting this week since I have some sort of sinus plague and am home sick. This means I yet again missed the Cleveland Web Standards Meetup, which I hear had a great microformats presentation. Here’s some queer news links I didn’t post in my recent absence (some are […]

On Dog Breeding and Ethics

Monday, September 10th, 2007

There’s been a lot of talk lately about feminist blogger Jessica Valenti, and her decision to purchase a puppy from a breeder. It strikes me as curious, that because she’s a feminist she must also innately support an entire cadre of views associated with your “typical lefty.” I don’t really have a comment on Jessica’s […]

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

Joan Garry weighs in on the LOGO / HRC presidential debates.
“What I will remember is that one of the candidates actually said the name of a real live gay person. Why do I care about this? Because I’m tired of being referred to as an ‘issue.’ I sound like a big problem, don’t I? […]