Like a James Bond movie, or a fireworks display, the Pride Parade starts with a bang and ends with a bang. The middle was much more prosaic; not prosaic like the Sonoma Fourth of July parade which was white bread boring prosaic, prosaic like regular people prosaic. The Pride Parade starts with Dykes on Bikes. … Continue reading San Francisco Pride Parade:The start and finish
One of the most surprising things about the Pride Parade is not the number of gay people who are dressed outrageously for the occasion, but the number of seeming straight people who are dressed like gays who are, themselves, dressed to be outrageous. You know the world is changing when straight people are trying to … Continue reading San Francisco Pride Parade: Part Two
Richard Taylor took exception to my post on Pussy Riot and, because I think he is right and I was wrong, I am posting his comment on the front page (so to speak). I agree that protest comes at a price. The goal of protest is to call attention to extremism and prompt criticism from outside. And, … Continue reading Pussy Riot
I’ve been trying to write about this trip for two weeks, getting nowhere. More accurately, I’ve been writing about different parts of the trip and abandoning them as I get sucked into facebook arguments. And, at night, it is hour after hour of fascinating, sometimes bewildering, always distracting reality TV, with new facebook conversations in … Continue reading Our Albuquerque Vacation and other roadside attractions…ah, coming soon but first politics
As the New York Times says – quoting Shelby Foote , who, I think, was quoting somebody else – in an editorial, 150 years ago These United States became The United States. Lee had been badly mauled at Gettysburg and Vicksburg had finally fallen to General Ulysses S Grant giving control of the mighty Mississippi … Continue reading Happy 4th and Happy 150th birthday of The United States