Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender. LGBT covers a lot of what the world doesn’t quite understand. In recent times I’ve heard the possibility of adding a “Q” for queer, and an “A” for ally, but it’s always been quite peculiar to me how this grouping came about and how it’s very […]

It took the actor Russell Brand to show that corporate brands can be tarnished when they are associated with fascism. “Any of you who know a little bit about history and fashion will know that Hugo Boss made the uniforms for the Nazis,” Brand said while accepting his Oracle Awards […]

Congress returned to Washington this week with a full plate of contentious issues. The most immediately pressing was President Obama’s request for congressional approval to carry out limited surgical strikes in Syria against the regime of Bashar al Assad, responding to his use of chemical weapons to attack Syrian civilians, […]

For the first time since Vietnam, and for only the second time in U.S. history, “We the People” have forced the termination of a national march to war, at least for now. The current pause in the intended U.S. military action against the Assad regime in Syria is due to […]

I was always taught that the American dream was to be a member of the home ownership club, to have babies, and to vacation regularly. Owning a home, for a Birkin bag obsessed person like myself, may be something that comes a bit later than normal. I already have a […]

When President Barack Obama announced his support for marriage equality he cited his Christian faith as reason for his decision. “But, you know, when we think about our faith, the thing at root that we think about is, not only Christ sacrificing himself on our behalf, but it’s also the […]

While awaiting further developments in the Syrian poison gas crisis, it is good time to review the general deterioration going on across the Middle East and the outlook for oil production from the region. Hardly a month goes by without some new Middle Eastern crisis arising with implications for the […]

Nearly 30 million people across the country go without adequate health insurance, in many cases relying on an overburdened, costly emergency room system as their primary care provider. Over 100,000 people living in the 8th District of Virginia face this situation. But the Affordable Care Act is about to change […]

This week’s robust U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings on the prospect of a U.S. military attack on Syria, in advance of the congressional vote sought by President Obama last weekend, has been an enormous breath of fresh air. They’ve brought the American people in on the kind of serious […]

So that we might succeed in life, there are rules set for us and boundaries explained to us from the time we’re young by the people who have come before us. The advisement usually comes from successful people who have used their wit and determination to achieve greatness in their […]