Thanks to all those who came to the “Love Needs No Cure” vigil this past weekend. (The only decent article I can find about it is from Kansas! Click here.) Yes, it was damn cold, but worth it. This is an email that was sent out by Dennis Nicely, co chair [...]

. . . And who are local, and who watch the early evening news (5 pm? 6 pm?): I was just interviewed by a reporter for local channel 4 about the Love Needs No Cure vigil (see previous post). It’s interesting being interviewed. You really get a sense of the divisiveness that [...]

[This is a letter I wrote to the Post-Dispatch last week. I don't think they're going to print it, so I offer it here. What it's about is a fundamentalist Christian "therapy" {you can't help but use a lot of sarcastic quotes when you write about this} that supposedly can turn gay people [...]

The Society is hosting an interfaith discussion on global terrorism tonight. One of the problems in the issue of terrorism is that it’s like pornography—people of good will can disagree on how to define it. I was reading about the riots supposedly sparked by cartoons of Mohammed (if you would like to see [...]

Last Sunday I had the pleasure of breakfasting and lunching with prospective members, and I also met with a Wash U student who was visiting the Society as a cross-cultural experience for an anthropology class. Some of the newcomers had even come back after hearing last Sunday’s platform address on money! What I [...]

Snowy day, after the warmest January on record. What I will miss if global warming continues: the feel of snow compacting under your shoes, that little crunchsqueak as your foot rolls through. It’s the same squeak that Silly Putty gives if you chew on it, FYI, though I recommend you take my word [...]

Another reason for supporting Missourians for Single Payer Health Care. Opponents of single-payer plans spin horror stories of government bureaucracies and citizens dying by the score, strangled by red tape. They point to the famously complex plan proposed by the Clinton Administration. But today the Associated Press reports that Missouri is joining [...]