Columns
-
The Waiting Game
So, after weeks and months of careful consideration, voluminous reading and personal consultations with friends and family, I'm finally ready to make an important announcement:...
-
The Naked Truth
Had you asked me a few years back what I thought were the advantages of being half of a gay, childless couple, I'm pretty sure...
-
Family at Cliffside
The greatest contribution of Steven Spielberg's Lincoln is that it shows our 16th president not marching majestically toward Mount Rushmore, but deeply immersed in the...
-
Days Go By
Soap operas were a kind of omnipresent force of entertainment during my youth. Many of them are long gone by now, distant memories for aging...
-
Welcome to Missibama
As we move into the holiday season, imagine a Southern town square with a resplendent Nativity scene on some warm December evening. Nearby, lights shine...
-
What a Night to be Gay
Elections tend to turn me into a bit of a nervous Nellie. Not a full-on drama queen like Andrew Sullivan, who set the sky-is-falling gold...
-
Still Facing Wolves
Totemism, in which a group identifies with a symbolic animal, survives mostly in sports teams. But modern politics also has a totemic aspect, though not...
-
Last Pitch Effort
{Sean Bugg and Cavin Le exchange rings (Photo by Ward Morrison)} I've joked often in the past few months that I'm lucky my family tree...
-
Keeping Them Close
Thanks to Hurricane Sandy, I've been enjoying a longer-than-expected family visit to Kentucky for my Granny Bugg's 100th birthday party. As anyone who follows me...
-
Values Voter
It's very unlikely that anyone who knows me would ever consider me a risk-taker. My nickname is ''Brakes.'' I'm like the babysitter who won't let...
-
Shape-Shifting and Distractions
Like a mythical shape-shifter or a repertory actor, Mitt Romney will pretend to be whatever you need. Politicians often do this, but he reaches new...
-
Signs of the Times
{There goes the neighborhood (Photo by Sean Bugg)} My neighborhood these past two weeks has become an incessant reminder of why this is the most...
-
So Long, Sihanouk
Monday, Oct. 15, was Cambodian ''King-Father'' Norodom Sihanouk's last day on this mortal plain. It's okay, don't be sad. He was 89, after all. His...
-
Obama and Romney Get Passes on LGBT Questions
One thing we learned on Tuesday night — or relearned, since every election cycle of the past 20 years has taught the same lesson —...
-
Fields of Dreams
If there's anything that illustrates the difference between men and women — and, by extension, gay men and lesbians — it's sports. I do not...
