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Moving Day
My webmaster needs to do some shuffling (don’t ask me to explain it) of the blogsites, so I will be unable to post from late today until, probably, late tomorrow. You may or may not be able to access the site during that time. If not, there are a few million other blogs, not to [...]
50,000! (Thanks)
In late January of this year, I started to blog faithfully. Doing so was scary, as what I most feared was a clanging silence. As this recent article in the New York Times points out, in 2008 there were some 133 million blogs, of which about 7.4 million had been updated within the past 120 [...]
The Revolution Will Be Greened, Blogged, Tweeted…but not Televised
I’m hopeful that my savvy and terrific webmaster can turn me green tomorrow. I always bear in mind that we don’t know, with certainty, who won the election — but it’s clear enough for me to take the plunge in solidarity with the reformists in Iran. Fellow bloggers: Stand up and be green!(H/t Andrew Sullivan [...]
Iran Comes Apart
After a weekend of thought about the whole DOMA/DOJ fiasco, I’d planned on writing a short summation, and the text of a speech Obama should — but won’t — give that might do for gay and straight relations what his Philadelphia race speech did for race relations .
That’s still in the works, but I’m pushing [...]
Kick ‘Em to the Curb
A story in Friday’s NY Times speculated on the possible connection between high-level social interaction (playing bridge) and the ability to ward off the dementia that typically accompanies old age. Although the point wasn’t as clearly made as it might have been, the author seemed to be saying that only one in 200 people lived [...]
Equality Forum Day 1: From VIP Kickoff to the Margins
Imagine this life: You’re not safe at school. The very sight of you makes people uncomfortable, sometimes angry. Your family disowns you, but no one else will adopt you or take you in for foster care. Without mooring, and unsure of your own identity, you turn to drugs and alcohol, perhaps landing in jail. You [...]
It Won’t Be Pretty
At least on the weekdays, the Equality Forum events begin in the evening and run until almost 10 pm. I expect to get home no earlier than 10:30 most evenings, and likely not until 11 pm or so. My plan will be to post that same night (or early, early the next morning — as [...]
Getting out of my Chair
Next week, I will violate what appears to be a cardinal rule of blogging: Never leave your seat to do any actual investigating of your own. Simply rely on other sources, then synthesize what they give you and turn it into something…wonderful (once in a while, if you’re lucky).
I’m going to be the “official blogger” [...]
The End of Journalism
Driving home last night, I heard the antepenultimate (there’s a word best avoided!) installment of the NPR show “News and Notes.” The show, which alone among the network’s shows features an African-American point of view, is a casualty of the economic crisis. And I don’t understand the decision to cancel the show, given that many [...]