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Thom Watson was born in a "pro-America" part of the country but then grew up to become a gay, liberal, Harvard-educated atheist living in northern California. He has come to terms with the fact that this pretty much disqualifies him from ever holding public office.
Atlas of True Names Cool gazetteer which reveals the etymological roots of place names. E.g., San Francisco is "St. Littlefrank," Florida is "Blossoming land,"...
I was really moved by Keith Olbermann's "Special Comment" in regards to same-sex marriage and California's Prop. 8 earlier this week, and several straight friends...
I'd been planning to write this post since the passage of California's Proposition 8 last Tuesday eliminating the right of same-sex couples to marry, but...