I last saw Advise and Consent in the mid-1970s when it was already a period piece. It must have been in 1973 or 1974 because it had been awhile when I finally read the book, and I know I did that in 1976 ( Read more... )

Dustin Lance Black took the transcripts of the Proposition 8 trial and shaped them into a play. Also included are actual anti-Proposition 8 advertisements from the ballot campaign.

The reading last night was livestreamed. I found out about it accidentally after it had started. There is a link to it on the American's For Equal Rights page. It ( Read more... )

The Governor has been working quietly behind the scenes since last year to get the same-sex marriage legislation to cross his desk. He says he'll sign it. That makes Maryland the first state south of the Mason-Dixon line to do so. Although the District has allowed same-sex marriage since March of 2010, so it's not the first jurisdiction south of ( Read more... )

Confederate Month?!? Really ( Read more... )

People occasionally ask me why I don't live in Virginia. It's cheaper than Maryland or the District. Plus, my ancestors founded the Commonwealth of Virginia, or at least participated in the Jamestown colony. It's a beautiful place ( Read more... )