Photo By Ihar, https://www.flickr.com/photos/76478969@N00/; Creative Commons license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcode From the Wall Street Journal’s article: The Vatican on Saturday fired a monsignor who came out as gay on the eve of a big meeting of the world’s bishops to discuss church outreach to gays, divorcees and more traditional Catholic families. Monsignor Kryzstof Charamsa was a mid-level official in […]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/10/03/quiz-can-you-match-the-huge-polling-plunge-to-the-2016-candidate/ A fun little quiz from those wacky kids at The Washington Post.  Try to match the Presidential candidate to the chart showing their drop in the polls.  It’s harder than it sounds.

Breaking news [a couple days ago]!  The NYT put together a list of “27 Ways to Be a Modern Man.”  You can check out the full article here. I’ll begin by noting that 27 is a lot of criteria for anything.  The FBI has fewer prerequisites to be a Special Agent.  And after reading the […]

Big O had one of the more respectable moments of his recent presidency yesterday, when he called out Congress and the NRA in the wake of this week’s mass shooting. It’s hard to disagree with the Prez when he says we’re getting numb to this sort of thing. I remember being in school when the […]

San Diego is a sorted little berg. For the second time in less than two years, my city is rocked by a political sexual harassment scandal. Last time it was then-mayor Bob “the Feeler” Filner, who was forced to resign from office after being accused of harassment and sexual assault by over a dozen different […]

The Washington Redskins name controversy is still spinning out of control, with team owner Daniel Snyder holding firm to his stance that the name will never be changed no matter how much debate it spurs. It seems that Snyder has painted himself into a corner, that it’s too late for him to compromise even if […]

Congress is still a complete dud, but at least our state legislatures are still capable of passing laws. In the wake of what’s been described as “an epidemic of campus sexual assault,” California has passed a law requiring all state-funded colleges and universities to enact affirmative consent policies that strictly define consent to engage in […]

Forget Ebola, I have my own health crisis to deal with. I’m currently suffering from the common cold, and believe me it’s no party. Due to my profession and faux-socialite lifestyle, I meet a lot of people. And whether I like it or not, I shake a lot of hands. Statistically speaking, a handshake is […]

Geogre Takai did it. Michael Sam did it. Even Lance Bass did it. So how can I resist doing it, too? After a lot of thought, I’ve decided it’s time for me to come out. Now that I’ve piqued your curiosity, I’ll reveal that I’ve decided to come out against the Seventeenth Amendment to the […]