Monthly Archives: April 2005

White Woman Really in Trouble

Posted on 4/30/2005 by Terrance

From CNN. Seemingly hysterical and sobbing, a bride-to-be dialed 911 to report she had been kidnapped near her Atlanta home and driven more than 1,000 miles to New Mexico. But it took only a few hours of questioning for authorities … Continue reading →

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White Woman in Trouble

Posted on 4/30/2005 by Terrance

As Karsh said, “Bitch, please.” When I heard about the bride-to-be who’d disappeared in Georgia, I braced myself for another onslaught of media covereage reminiscent of the Lacie Peterson case and others like it. I took a deep breath and … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Race | 5 Comments

On RawStoryQ

Posted on 4/30/2005 by Terrance

Check out RawStoryQ. In particular, check out the “Readers’ Picks.” Nice, huh?

Posted in Gay Rights, Weblogs | 1 Comment

Light Posting

Posted on 4/30/2005 by Terrance

I’m out at a gay parenting conference most of today, so posting will be very light.

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He Enjoys Being a Boy

Posted on 4/29/2005 by Terrance

Trey has yet another interesting post up at Daddy, Papa & Me, about a subject that I—as a gay man raising a son—have found myself thinking about time and again. I took enough feminist theory courses in college to be … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Gay Rights, Parenting | 2 Comments

Selected Reading

Posted on 4/29/2005 by Terrance

I got a lot of great recommendations in repsonse to my request for reading suggestions . I appreciate everyone who took the time to think of titles and respond. There were two books that stood out because they just seemed … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Religion | 1 Comment

Blogger or Journalist?

Posted on 4/29/2005 by Terrance

Crossposted from my EchoDitto blog. It’s hard to believe, but we’re still burning up bandwidth in the ongoing discussion of whether bloggers should be considered journalists — and treated as such — or not. In just the last couple of … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Weblogs | 2 Comments

No, No, No.

Posted on 4/29/2005 by Terrance

I was excited when I saw the headline “Indiana Passes Daylight Savings Time Bill.” I hoped that maybe it was the beginning of a trend, and that more people would rise up against daylight savings time and the insanity of … Continue reading →

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The Kids Are More Than Alright

Posted on 4/29/2005 by Terrance

If reading that last bit about the sorry senators from the state of Washington put me in a sour mood, the very next thing I read lifted my spirits a bit. Via QueerDay comes a few excerpts from journalists interviews … Continue reading →

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On Being at the Table

Posted on 4/29/2005 by Terrance

I’ve pointed this out before, but a couple of things that John pointed out over at AmericaBlog made me think of it again just before turning in last night. First John pointed out how Washington state’s two Senators leaned more … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Gay Rights, Politics | 2 Comments

Not a Family

Posted on 4/29/2005 by Terrance

Sometimes living in W’s America makes me really, really tired. This story, via Chris Geidner, of an Ohio lesbian couple being told that they and their kids do not constiute a family makes me want to go right back to … Continue reading →

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Still More on Statistics, CNN & the Crazies

Posted on 4/28/2005 by Terrance

Thanks to Matthew, a reader who sent this story along, I may have to start reading the Wall Street Journal. Not because I’m a numbers guy, but because they have a “numbers guy.” Namely, Carl Bialik, who examines numbers and … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Gay Rights, Television | 2 Comments

Why Is This Man smiling?

Posted on 4/28/2005 by Terrance

Why? Why not? You’d be smiling too if you managed to spin yarns of WMDs and plans to use them, gotten the U.S. to buy them whole cloth and to launch an invasion/occupation of your former country, and managed to … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Politics, War on Terror | 3 Comments

TX Dumps Gay Foster Parents Ban

Posted on 4/28/2005 by Terrance

Good news. Hate and bigotry lost in Texas today. This just came into my inbox. Here’s an online citation. A ban on gay foster parents will likely not be part of a bill to reform Texas’ Child Protective Services, according … Continue reading →

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Further Dispatches from the Republic of Gilead

Posted on 4/28/2005 by Terrance

Good grief. Welcome to another day in W’s America, folks. This morning’s news to make you want to check an atlas to make sure the the country’s name didn’t change to Jesusland while you were sleeping comes from Hope. It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Gay Rights, Health, Politics, Religion | 3 Comments