The Ascendancy of Women

The Ascendancy of Women

April 7, 2013 9:00 am
Margaret Chase Smith by Carl Matthes In 720 BC, at the founding of the all-male Roman Senate, historians documented, “Women were kept out of positions of power. They were...

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Michelle Obama: The Eyes Have It

Michelle Obama: The Eyes Have It

by Carl Matthes What fun to read and hear all of the speculation regarding the reason and/or meaning behind First Lady Michelle Obama’s seemingly reactive eye-roll while she was seated at the head table, between Barack and Speaker of the House John Boehner, during a congressional luncheon following Monday’s inauguration. While two of the most politically powerful [...]

Published by on January 29, 2013 3:00 pm
NRA: Neocons Rule America

NRA: Neocons Rule America

by Carl Matthes On January 16, 2013, all eyes were on President Obama as he announced gun safety proposals by saying, “This is our first task as a society: Keeping our children safe. This is how we will be judged. And their voices should compel us to change.” With those words, the President spoke from [...]

Published by on January 22, 2013 2:00 pm
DOMA Meets DADT

DOMA Meets DADT

by Carl Matthes As the influence and legal premises for the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT) continue to weaken, surprisingly, what has developed is a “real life marriage” between these two outdated and discriminatory policies. Who knew that one of the consequences of the lifting of DADT and the [...]

Published by on January 14, 2013 9:00 pm
LGBT Victories: “Breathtaking Leap Forward”

LGBT Victories: “Breathtaking Leap Forward”

by Carl Matthes The fight for equality by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered Americans has been bolstered by astonishing victories in America’s 2012 elections. “This wasn’t incremental progress. This was a breathtaking leap forward,” said Chuck Wolfe, president and CEO of the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund, the nation’s largest LGBT political action committee. These [...]

Published by on January 5, 2013 7:00 am
Gay Rights: What the Supreme Court’s Decision Portends

Gay Rights: What the Supreme Court’s Decision Portends

by Carl Matthes For those of us who grew up when homosexuality was a crime, the United States Supreme Court deciding to take up the Prop 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) cases for review is astonishing. Unfortunately, the result may be far from satisfying for those of us who are directly impacted [...]

Published by on December 13, 2012 1:00 pm
Rick Warren: Religion’s Ugly Head

Rick Warren: Religion’s Ugly Head

by Carl Matthes On CNN recently, Rick Warren - a dead-ringer for a previous pious, portly, prejudiced pastor, Jerry Falwell – presides at Saddleback Church, an evangelical mega-structure in Lake Forest, California. Ol’ Rick, who was being interviewed by Piers Morgan, was promoting the re-publication of his book The Purpose Driven Life. The talk got around to “loving [...]

Published by on December 3, 2012 3:00 pm
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