Originally appeared in The Orlando Sentinel, Jan. 8, 2019. Dr. Freud: Come in, come in, Mr. and Mrs. Party. Marriage counseling is a significant step. I hope I can help. Rep: It’s nice to meet you Dr. Freud. My name is Republican, but my friends call me Rep, and this is my wife, Democrat. Demi: […]
Read More →First published in The Orlando Sentinel, Oct. 22, 2018 Republicans believe that private business – free enterprise – will solve the nation’s problems, providing an ultra-small government backs off and doesn’t muck it up. Republicans are wrong. Democrats believe that private business has a corruptness about it, and a large government – a “we the […]
Read More →Article first appeared in The Orlando Sentinel, June 4, 2018 Circa 1979, I walked into a lesbian bar with a friend who fit that profile. Once inside, roughly 50 lesbians glanced at me — a man — before turning back to their drinks. I became invisible. But this isn’t about lesbians. It’s about racism. And […]
Read More →Originally published in The Orlando Sentinel, March 16, 2018 Baby, It’s Cold Outside” is the date-rape Christmas carol, as the singing man pushes a woman to stay because “it’s bad out there.” She even wonders “what’s in this drink?” in shades of a Bill Cosby accusation. My friend Gina loves this song and says my […]
Read More →Koda was just a dog. In 2004, I adopted a puppy from “Pet Rescue by Judy” while still in the post-emotional slipstream of a divorce. His litter name was Maine, but it changed to Koda as the only Disney name my youngest daughter and I agreed on. Divorce is a lonely business, and you don’t […]
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