Uganda’s Death Sentence Legislation for LGBT Peoples and the “Christians” Who Counseled Them Towards This End

Read about it and you be the judge: Uganda considers death sentence for gay sex in bill before parliament (Guardian UK, November 2009) Uganda’s Anti-Gay Bill: Inspired by the U.S. (Time, December 2009) Taboos Silence Opponents Of Uganda Anti-Gay Bill (NPR, December 2009) Uganda’s bill to imprison gays for life is an outrage that should […]

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Finally, a Republican with his head on his shoulders – Theodore Olson

This article in Newsweek titled “The Conservative Case for Gay Marriage Why same-sex marriage is an American value” is written by Theodore Olson who is a prominent Republican lawyer that served under Bush and Reagan during their presidential administrations. He, along with David Boies, a prominent liberal lawyer, have taken it upon themselves to overturn […]

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The New God of Nuclear Energy is….. Thor?

If any of these links are not dead, need correcting, or if you have recommendations please let me know. In Support of Esperanto More Casual Peter Jameson’s Secret Language by Sylvan Zaft (a not-so-short story in English involving Esperanto) A beginners guide to Esperanto – more of a historical overview and explanation from the Guardian […]

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Atheists Banned From Public Office in 7 State Constitutions

I originally published this on Google’s Knol quite a while ago. Some have liked what is written here, some have not. I did have a little help with this, so it is not solely my work.Since my original article this has undergone quite a few changes, reorganizations, and additions so it is a little bit […]

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24 – Christmas Special Video with Jack Bauer and Santa Clause

About Me This is all written from the standpoint of an 35 year old married native-born American male who was a member of the military. I have traveled the world while in and out of the military, and I have family in Belarus since my wife is Belarussian. I speak some Russian (enough to know […]

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Google Celebrates Dr. Zamenhof’s Birthday with a Logo Doodle!

Google is, thankfully,  celebrating Dr. L.L. Zamenhof’s birthday today with a Doodle, since it is Zamenhof Day. Right about now you are probably wondering who this Dr. Zamenhof is that Google would take the time to recognize him? There was a lot of speculation within the Esperanto community as to whether or not Google would do […]

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Gay on Trial: Why more than marriage is at stake in the federal legal challenge to Prop. 8

The article Gay on Trial: Why more than marriage is at stake in the federal legal challenge to Prop. 8 (the American Prospect) has a great run-down on the current state of the gay rights movement especially in light of the famous lawyers David Boies and Ted Olson taking up the case. The only part […]

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“Stand by Me” – Playing for Change

This just shows the power of the internet to bring people together. I could listen to this sort of music all day. Playing for Change brings musicians from around the world to perform for each song in a beautiful and progressive layering of talent from around the world – Zimbabwe, India, Ireland, Tibet, United States, […]

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