American fathers are more removed from family life today than in any other time in American history. There are two reasons for this recent outbreak of fatherless families: recent research suggests that a sharp increase in the divorce rate and the fact that it is more socially acceptable for…
It was the saddest day of my life. No one expected it to happen, it just did. She was so healthy…I guess that's why He took her so soon. My name is Erika, and I go by Piglet. It's a nickname that my mother gave me when I was…
TabooJive.com and our fans would like to recognize and thank Kevin O'Neil and the Admins at Wipeout Homophobia on Facebook for providing a resource and dynamically maintaining a tremendous project directly significant to obtaining and the preservation of our collective equal rights. We've been following and closely connected with…
(written with the help of fans) I am working on a little girl. Her mother is hovering like a honeybee that cannot get back into the hive. “Is mom all right?” I ask the girl with a smile. Her eyes crinkle up at the sides, the only sign that…
By: Geoffrey Yonil I imagine that if you clicked on this link to read this article, then you probably already have some idea of what Kony 2012 is, presumably. If you don’t, then I’d advise you read about it on Invisible Children, Inc.’s website, since they could do a…
Poor California. The path to equality in that state has been strewn with boulders and brambles, and the quest has put advocates of same-sex marriage through more heart-stopping changes than anyone should have to bear. It all started back in 2005—a light-year ago in the history of marriage…
Last night I dreamed that I was standing in the sanctuary of an immense church. Broad beams of light colored like jewelery cut across the air above me, coming to land upon a majestic pulpit. Sensing that something important was in the pulpit, I climbed its many broad stairs…
By: Eddie Vince It was Albert Camus that postulated that we must look at Sisyphus, the Ancient Greek myth of a king punished by the gods to roll the same boulder up a hill for eternity, and picture him as happy. Camus looked into the face of the absurdity…
By Kenny Smith In an intriguing piece written for the New York Times, journalist David Segal traces out some of the early consequences of President Obama’s October 2009 announcement that federal law enforcement will no longer prosecute users and suppliers of medical marijuana, provided they are in compliance with…
Kate pulled a potato out of the bin and sniffed it. It was good. She threw it on the chopping board and began slicing it with one of her huge kitchen knives. “So let me get this straight,” she said, “they put it in front of you and you…