Gabi Clayton Olympia City Councilman TJ Johnson said Wednesday he was shoved by state troopers trying to clear the area the night before. He said that people were dispersing, but that pepper spray was shot off, anyway. He said county sheriff’s deputies “chose to escalate the situation.” (note ~ TJ is a friend of ours who I …
Doug Ireland ~ longtime radical political journalist and media critic writes: The talented gay playwright Christopher Durang explains why he has cancelled his membership in the Human Rights Campaign — and you can also find out why both Chris and I are rooting for Ned Lamont against Joe Lieberman in the Connecticut Democratic Primary: ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* …
NEW YORK – Years after she first emerged from the Batcave, Batwoman is coming out of the closet. DC Comics is resurrecting the classic comic book character as a lesbian, unveiling the new Batwoman in July as part of an ongoing weekly series that began this year. and “This is not just about having a …
Alec and I walk at Percivals Landing in downtown Olympia at the botton of Puget Sound. Here are some flowers in a planter there yesterday. We had heard there had been protesters there the night before, because of the ship there ~ the SS Pomeroy ~ being loaded and heading for Iraq. The SS Pomery …
Jason Seymour, Steve Schalchlin and Jason Hungerfordin a warm hug on a beautiful day in Washington DCduring the Millennium March for Pride week 2000. We were & are involved in Youth Guardian Setviceswhich was launched by Jason Hungerford in January 1997. ********** ‘Ithaca 50′ will be heard in New York’s highest court todayMay 31, 2006 …
The largest and most powerful mass movement in the nation — evangelical Christianity — has set out to destroy secular society. Whenever I talk about the growing power of the evangelical right with friends, they always ask the same question: What can we do? Usually I reply with a joke: Keep a bag packed and …
Of course, compassion is not always a popular virtue. Religious people often prefer to be right rather than compassionate. Often, they don’t want to give up their egotism. They want their religion to endorse their ego, their identity. And that becomes dangerous. Then you get a clash of warring egos. and … I think we’ve …
Friday was a fun day to hang out with Catherine. We went to Centralia ~ a small town (pop. 15,340) south of Olympia. We visited Book Quest which was fun. Then the Visiting Nurses Thrift Shop and the Goodwill store. Before heading home to Olympia, we went to dinner at La Tarasca, an excellent Mexican …
Language is organic. It evolves and spreads pretty much of its own accord. And you can regulate that process to about the same degree you can regulate the ocean. and Our fear is that language is making us disunited. Indeed, many of the 63 senators who voted for this new measure probably did so with …