Good Lord willin’ and the creek don’t rise (-5), I’m going to have a leisurely catch-up lunch with my grade-school friend Margaret on Sunday. I have not seen Margaret in 33 years. My 2013 relationship with her is an excellent example of the kind of thing I consider when I realize I’m probably not ever … Read more
Daniel Foster has a piece up this morning about Republicans and gay marriage. It is refreshing, in a way, because it stops at a neutral account of social trends, rather than falling somewhere on the scale between disgust and resentful resignation. I am becoming increasingly resentful of our societal obsession with sexuality in general. We … Read more
Theater is part of politics. I get that. It is still incredibly childish and disingenuous of President Obama to pretend that it’s necessary to cancel White House tours as a result of sequestration. I’ve read here and there that canceling White House tours saves $18,000 per week. So, we’re talking just under $1 million a … Read more