Category Archives: Politics

The Gun as Ultimate Performance Poem

Posted on February 11, 2014 by Judy Juanita

In the wake of Trayvon Martin, Judy Juanita looks at the gun’s dark power and role in the African American community from the Panthers to the present. Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged Black Panther Party, bobby seale, Eldridge Cleaver, George Zimmerman, huey newton, Stagecoach Mary, Trayvon Martin | 5 Comments

Where There’s Smoke

Posted on January 17, 2014 by Tom Gualtieri

Tom Gualtieri digs through the muck surrounding the Aaron Schock and Chris Christie scandals…and it ain’t unicorn poop. Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged Aaron Schrock, Bridgegate, Bridget Kelly, Chris Christie, David Wildstein, George Washington Bridge, GOP, Governor Chris Christie, Homosexuality, Michelangelo Signorile, New Jersey, New York, New York City, out, outing, Port Authority, Rachel Maddow, Signorile | 1 Comment

The Frowns and the Fury: Monogamy, Gay Marriage and the Moral High Ground

Posted on November 22, 2013 by Tom Gualtieri

On the subject of the sanctity of marriage, judge not lest ye be a GOP Congressman. Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, Sex | Tagged Anthony Kennedy, Bill Maher, Gavin Newsom, John Paul Stevens, Ken Cuccinelli, Lawrence v. Texas, LGBT, Marriage Equality, polyamory, Rick Santorum, san francisco, SCOTUS | 7 Comments

Russell Brand, Revolution, and the Audacity of Apathy

Posted on November 17, 2013 by Sean Murphy

If you don’t share the view that giving the wealthiest one percent even larger tax cuts is not an antidote for what ails us, you SHOULD vote…and there is one party you should never vote for. Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged addiction, alcohol, amy winehouse, Ayn Rand, Carl Barrat, drugs, george carlin, jeremy paxman, Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan, Russell Brand, Sean Murphy, voting | 13 Comments

Borrowed Times

Posted on November 15, 2013 by Melissa Holbrook Pierson

“It was borrowed time anyway—the whole upper tenth of the nation living with the insouciance of grand dukes and the casualness of chorus girls. But moralizing is easy now and it was pleasant to be in one’s twenties in such … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged Biltmore, Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, food stamps, income disparity, the Gilded Age, the Great Depression | 4 Comments

Paternity Leave

Posted on November 1, 2013 by Anna March

Anna March makes a case for voluntary parenthood—for both women and men. Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged abortion, adoption, Kerrie Thornhill, Laurie Schrage, Meher Ahmad, safe haven laws, Salon, voluntary parenthood | 3 Comments

If The River Was A Confederate Flag

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Jose Padua

Jose Padua finds that the Civil War is hardly over in his hometown, and standing one’s ground, might be something like a smile, which isn’t exactly well received. The state of race in the South… Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged Dianne Reeves, fatherhood, racism, the Confederate flag | 12 Comments