Still bravely singing
I don’t know why people who don’t know me make certain assumptions about my attitude toward the military, but the reality is more complex than black and white. Because I have a reputation as tacking left on foreign affairs issues, because I’m skeptical about military intervention, because I find patriotism and jingoism abhorrent, I’m often [...]
The personal and the political
I’ve been thinking a lot today about Jamie Hubley’s suicide, following Heather Mallick’s touching article in The Star and the boy’s father’s heartbreaking statement on his website. Suicides of LGBT teens lately have been reported much more frequently than in the past, and Jamie Hubley, the focus of our thoughts today, is destined to be [...]