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We don’t serve your kind here
It is June, and that means it is LGBTQ+ Pride Month, commemorating the Stonewall Riots that took place on June 28th, 1969. The patrons at the Stonewall Inn that night had endured enough of being harassed for being “different,” so they overcame fear, they banished shame from their minds, and they fought back against the…
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In Memoriam
An 86-year-old retired congressman from Massachusetts died last Tuesday at his home in Maine. He had congestive heart failure and had been on hospice care since April. He had many legislative accomplishments to his name, serving in Congress from 1981 until his retirement in 2013. He is perhaps best remembered for his role in crafting…
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Different from the Others
I know how lucky I am to have been born when I was. I know that where I live – Southern California in general and Palm Springs specifically – gives me advantages others lack or can only dream of. Even now, with Trump and Company leading an all-out war against diversity, looking to rollback decades…
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Enough!
Ah, November. It is the beginning of so much in the Coachella Valley. It marks the official start of what we call “the season” here in Palm Springs – a period of six months, more or less, of heaven on earth: highs in the mid-70s, rarely a cloud in the sky, maybe a raindrop or…
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The Black Cat
When the Civil Rights Act was passed and signed into law in 1964 by President Lyndon Johnson, it did not end discrimination, it signaled that it would be the official policy of the United States to treat all people equally under the Constitution. It acknowledged the inherent dignity of every person. Five years later, on…
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The Warrior Ethos?
I… um… the… it’s… but… there are no words. I’ll try though. I thought it was hilarious – ignorant, stupid, childish, petty, but hilarious – last March when Newsweek reported that pictures of “Enola Gay,” the aircraft that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima in Japan during WWII, were flagged for removal from the…
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1,112 and Counting
It is June 1st. That may not mean anything to you other than “oh yeah… summer’s here.” But to 13.9 million (13,942,200) adults in the US (number reported by the UCLA School of Law – Williams Institute, December 2023) who identify as LGBTQ+ it marks the beginning of a very significant month: the month we…
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Outside
It’s the most wonderful time of the year in the desert! The soul-crushing heat of a Coachella Valley summer has gone, and in its place are gentle days with temperatures tickling the mid-80s; nighttime and early mornings are cold, not the cold my relatives in Alaska endure this time of year, but cold enough for…
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Why don’t you guys do something?
It’s June 28th, and that means it’s time to celebrate… Yes, those are all real! Click on them to find out more. As I do not own a Corvette, or drive, or WORK!, Drive Your Corvette to Work Day is a tough one for me. There I am every June 27th, tossing and turning in…
Your mileage may vary.