The very tragic suicide of Tyler Clementi seems to have touched a raw nerve in America: teen suicides in general, and LGBT teen suicides in particular, give rise to much-needed dialogue on the issue of bullying and the toxic mix of adolescent abuse partly or wholly motivated by sex… Read full post »

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I recently received a robomail from Senator Dianne Feinstein, in response to a robomail I probably sent out, voicing my opposition to the Stupak Amendment. 

 Her robomail is set out below:

Dear Ms. L:

Thank you for writing to express your opposition to pr… Read full post »

This post is about to critically significant life lessons I learned a short while back. 

The first life lesson is easy: You should never, ever attend a cocktail party unless you know at least a few friends likely to attend.

The second life lesso… Read full post »

McCain is no George Bush, or so he claims.  We finally heard the "zinger" moment, at long last.  Well done, Johnny boy!  A little rehearsed, perhaps, and also a little lame, but we needed somebody to deliver a gotcha moment, pathetic as it was.  You could almost hear the… Read full post »