So I took a bit of a break this past month, and I figured by the time I came back y’all would have things sorted out: people would be surely by flying around with jet packs by now, God would have sent fires and floods to smite the … [Read more...]
DREAM Now Letters: Wendy
As early as elementary school, I worked hard to get good grades, going from ESL in second grade to straight A's by third grade. I graduated the sixth grade with a great reputation amongst my peers and teachers; the logical thing to do at … [Read more...]
New York Assembly Passes Marriage Bill
Mr. O'Donnell, the gay older brother of the comedian Rosie O'Donnell, has emerged as a tenacious, ingratiating, playful and sometimes prickly leader of the effort to pass the legislation. He has helped gather nearly 90 votes in the … [Read more...]
Gillibrand it is
Kirsten Gillibrand will fill Hillary Clinton's now-vacant Senate seat. At least, that's what the current reports are. As we know, anything can happen with this one, but it looks pretty definite. For all the (entirely … [Read more...]
Bloomberg: Hurry up, people are asking questions
Here's a potential senator, from outside the political world, who has an impressive set of qualifications and achievements. She's a woman, and a former chair of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission under President Bill Clinton. She … [Read more...]
Caroline W. Kennedy
Is Caroline Kennedy the Democratic George W. Bush? Both are children of presidents. Both went off to college at their famous father's alma mater. Both held a series of jobs in which their prime qualification was their famous father. Both … [Read more...]
Please Say NO to Caroline Kennedy
Okay, it's not the kind of source you want to put in a term paper, but here's the professional biography for Caroline Kennedy from Wikipedia.Kennedy is an attorney, editor, writer and member of the New York and Washington, D.C. bar … [Read more...]
Immigrant
IMMIGRANT How many years did you hold back...memory ...accepting the strange, pretending... New York was home. Dimming memories of dissolving faces ...pain can erase the inner photo album, leave .......faint sun prints, fading.... Would … [Read more...]
NY to Recognize Out of State SS Marriages
From the NTT: ALBANY - Gov. David A. Paterson has directed all state agencies to begin to revise their policies and regulations to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions, like Massachusetts, California and … [Read more...]
Are Americans Big Babies? Blame Bush
Since when do we not care about what the leader of a major regional power has to say, particularly where a war between his country and ours seems perilously close? And since when do we simply refuse to speak to people with whom we don't … [Read more...]