Center of Gravitas

Dating is complicated. I don’t mean “complicated” in the same sense that figuring out how to keep a skyscraper from falling over is complic...

Today, the U.S. celebrates “Thanksgiving Day.” Much about this holiday always left me feeling ambivalent, even as a child. On the one hand,...

Let me emphasize again how disappointed I was in the recent ENDA debacle. Think I am beating a dead horse here? Oh, please. By the time I ...

Sometimes imagining oneself on the political left can be a drag in this nation. When one looks around at (what remains) of the United State...

I have momentarily returned from my absence. Rest assured that I have not reappeared with my right hand mysteriously shriveled and blacken...

I’ve been tied up with other things the past week or so. Let’s just say that GayProf is detained helping humanity or fighting crime or poli...

One of my new Midwestern-Funky-Town friends and I met at the gym. The other day we were chatting and avoiding our working outs. The topic ...

A few days ago, I came home from work late after having met a friend for dinner. While I should have been focusing my energy on the Never-E...

Trees are converting their wardrobe to outfits of flashy reds of yellows before getting naked for the winter. This can only mean that Hallo...

Given that the previous two entries exposed my indoorsy-geeky side, I thought that I would make it a hat-trick by showing my knowledge of th...

George Lucas announced recently that he is designing a live-action television show based in the Star Wars universe. My first reaction was e...

I have arrived. The conference went well, as did my individual paper presentation (I think). The conference also created the opportunity to...