Oh, What a Night….

Just when you thought the country was in a state of permanent regression, there comes a night like this. All over the country tonight, ordinary people fought back at the ballot box against the outrageous overreach of the right.  From Mississippi to Ohio to Maine, ordinary people said no: no to Ohio’s attempt to end collective bargaining for public-sector workers; no to Mississippi’s proposed amendment...

Note to CNN: Gary and Tony Have a Church Home!

It was so interesting to watch the latest installment in CNN‘s In America documentary series.  “Gary and Tony Have a Baby” is the story of two men who choose to enlarge their family by having a child via surrogacy.  The logistics of their quest, the bittersweetness of their journey and the precious result—their son, Nicholas—was both touching and commonplace.  As a straight ally, I...

Note to Garrison Keillor: Chillax!!!

??????? Image via Wikipedia I really was planning to stay out of the Garrison Keillor blogfest; I always knew he disliked UUs, and I only listened to Prairie Home Companion when I was trapped in a car, stranded in that great vacant space between cities where the only radio offerings are evangelical preachers, country music, and an NPR station at the far left of the dial. But his Silent Night screed, along with his...

I Used to Read Your Blog….

Image by boky1 via Flickr and then you stopped blogging.  What happened to you??? Yes, I know.  Life happened.  Church happened.  Teenage children happened. Most importantly, hackers happened! The hacker issue is the worst, and I’m still working on it. So stay tuned; I’ll be...

Remembering Frank McCourt

Frank McCourt died yesterday, and much of New York mourns him, including my own household.  I first met Frank more than a decade ago, when we were on several panels together at the Key West Literary Seminar on the memoir.  I had written Unafraid of the Dark the year before; he had written Angela’s Ashes, and having a much better time with his publisher than I was having with mine.  It was a heady thing to...