politics. sometimes with a capital P. but not always.
POSTED TODAY AT HUFFINGTON POST. Cross posted here for your reading pleasure. I’ll admit it. The Rick Warren selection stung. I really tried not to take it personally. I raised many gay dollars (insert funny visual here) for the President-elect. I received more than a handful of emails with the subject line; “I want my [...]
Beginning this week, I am now blogging at nj.com. It means I am officially coming out as a resident of New Jersey. The blog is called Parental Guidance and a handful of NJ parents (I’m the gay one) offer our thoughts about parenting. The folks there looked far and wide for the very very best [...]
PUBLISHED FRIDAY 12/19 ON HUFFINGTON POST. In my family, I am the leader of the “Half Full Glass” club. I don’t have to try hard — it comes kind of naturally. I am a silver-lining kind of gal. But not today. I think I’ve just had it. The New York Times reports this morning (12/19/08) [...]
It’s possible that I was asked to contribute to this terrific new book on my own merits. I like to think that’s true. I also wonder if my daughter pulled a few strings for me. She did work at HuffPo this summer after all. Maybe I should not care. The bottom line is that the [...]
We were on grill duty. Our partners were in the kitchen in charge of dinner prep. Our partners were ‘in charge’ kind of gals. When it came to dinner, Karen and I were most decidedly followers. It was a beautiful night after a lovely day. Maybe we played golf, I’m sure we swam in the [...]
Eileen and I have been Citibank customers since 1983. Even after we moved to NJ, we continued to bank in NYC. Some combination of inertia and practicality. Eileen and I both worked in NYC. Not so long ago, Citibank moved into Jersey with fervor. I can now rattle off three locations within five minutes of [...]
When Ellen’s sitcom was cancelled, I was the CEO at GLAAD, a media watchdog group. My younger kids loved introducing me to friends “My mom is a watchdog!” they would say. I remember it being a sad day. For gay and lesbian Americans, her show (pre-Will and Grace) was more than groundbreaking. Many of us [...]
Hi. I am Joan Garry and I am a news addict. In the months and weeks leading up to Election Day, I couldn’t help myself. CNN, realclearpolitics.com, five-thirty-eight.com. I didn’t just check in at these sites. It got to the point where I would become furious at the lack of new content even though I’d [...]