Politics and Social Commentary

Hi folks. yeah, I know,  I haven't been on OD in  a long, long time. Things are fine in our lives. Work has been consuming much of my time, as I've taken on additional responsibilities and am getting more visibility with my work.  Especially remarkable since I transitioned las...

This was a great piece the other day in the Wash Post A Christian case for same-sex marriage   Read it, it has some fascinating points that I'll be aren't known by most fundamentalists who defend the institution of marriage.  The author brings in some terrific religious historical point...

Well, the folks around me must be pretty sharp from all the nonsense I sometimes pour out...   But seriously folks...   There's this article in the NYTimes ...   How Nonsense Sharpens the Intellect   And it's very fascinating.  Read the article, then think about this... &...

H all, Brittany Novotny is trans, and is running against a real homophobe, SallyKern for a seat in the Oklahoma state congress. Brittany Novotny for State Legislature If you can afford a few dukets, can you send them her way?  I just gave myself.  This Sally Kern incumbent has said thin...

"take him down to the creek and hold his head underwater until the thrashing stops" -- Pat Buchanan on "Morning Joe", talking about Levi Johnston and Levi's comments about "cougars" and Palin. 18 Aug, 2009   Levi was interviewed about how he liked "cougars&...

Hi folks,   This is about the Employee Non Discrimination Act - ENDA for short.   Jillian Wiess, Trangender Workplace Diversity is working to get us to pressure legislators to vote in favor   "Please repost this message: S 1584, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, needs 16 ...

Okay, he's at it again, boys and girls, and bois and girlz and .. the list gets too long.   The Pope says that condom use actually increased the spread of HIV/AIDS.  He's still on that "celibacy is the only answer" kick.    It's reported in the Washington Post, BBC&n...

Nancy Sutley, a deputy mayor of Los Angeles for energy and environment, will chair the White House Council on Environmental Quality.   Full Wash. Post article here.   She's deputy head of LA's environmental whatever.  Openly lesbian.   Well, you don't think we'd get a trans pe...

Okay, if you watch tv at all, you've probably seen the ads for this new variation of Splenda (the artificial sweetner) that has 1 gram of fiber in every little envelope.  Here's the company page on it Splenda with fiber   I have a big problem with this, and it has to do with the…

There's lots of discussions going on about what the Republicans could've/should've done different this past election.  Arguing about that stuff aside, here's an interesting map I found today on the NY Times.  Chris Matthews (MSNBC) made reference to it earlier on his broadcast.   &...