In the spring of this year, a decision that I made last fall will come to fruit and will change my life profoundly for better or worse. I will be leaving Chicago, the city where I have resided my entire life to move to Minneapolis, Minnesota. Employment opportunities in…
Just imagine living the leisure life with no clothes on--golfing, swimming, and sitting at the tiki bar enjoying that margarita naked as a jaybird, a life where the phrase “no shirt, no shoes, no services” doesn’t exist. How the hell do you play strip poker at one of these…
By: Daniel Minsaul Characters: Q and T SCENE ONE (Two men or women sitting at a table.) Q: Do you hate me? T: (sardonically) Yes, absolutely. Q: Don't kid with me. I'm being serious. T: As am I. Q: Why do you hate me? T: Because you ask me…
This past June the Supreme Court overturned mandatory life sentences without the possibility of parole for minors on the grounds that it constituted “cruel and unusual punishment” under the 8th amendment. This comes on the heels of similar humanitarian rulings, such as getting rid of the death penalty for…
By Russell Jones, guest writer for Wipe Out Homophobia So, how did a guy in Scotland, an ocean away from America's most un-Christian Christian organization, the homophobic, equality-denying, corrupt National Organization for Marriage (NOM), get involved in battling their spiteful ways? Well, let me tell you... I love a…
Circumcision (the removal of some or all of the foreskin of a male's penis) made headlines again in Cologne, Germany this week where a court ruled it illegal to circumcise an infant for religious reasons regardless of parental consent. This new law was apparently brought on by the case…
I became aware of the “Stonewall Riots” through Pride marches and protests while growing up in New York City in the 1970s and 1980s.
By: Michael Forrester Capitalism has a mixed reputation in our society as of late. Some argue it's the reason why our society is degrading into a cyst pool of moral decay being led by the love of wealth, while others paint capitalism as a beacon of hope and salvation,…
If there was one person who wasn't shocked about James's death, it was James, who stated more than once on his blog about his failure to “hang onto sobriety”...
One aspect of the human condition that grocery stores use to their advantage is that crowds of people move in predictable manners. We essentially move like elephants being herded when we go into many stores, but especially a grocery store