February 17, 2011
“Wonder Woman” Returns! Warner Bros. puts modern spin on camp comic book classic
Step aside, Green Lantern: there’s a sexy new superhero headed for the spotlight. Adrianne Palicki (of NBC’s “Friday Night Lights” and the upcoming “Red Dawn”) will star as the wristband-sporting, tiara-wearing Wonder Woman in a contemporary take on DC Comics classic. The show’s pilot – written by “Ally McBeal” creator David E. Kelley and directed…
Four Agreements (Part 2): Be impeccable with your word
This is part two of my series on The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz. In this column, I’d like to look at The First Agreement: Be impeccable with your word. Breaking that down it means, “Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip…
A look at a real world, personal transgender agenda
When conservative Christians and other social conservatives talk about the “homosexual agenda,” it seems they often come up with outlandish ideas of what it would be. You know, stuff like trying to recruit teenagers into “the homosexual lifestyle,” lesson plans on “homosexual sex” in kindergartner classrooms and scary “men in dresses” invading public female restrooms…
Continue the fight for marriage equality
This week, Freedom to Marry is launching the largest-ever national public education campaign aimed at increasing popular support for same-sex marriage. Appropriately, their first Why Marriage Matters ad ran on Valentine’s Day. The campaign is a good reminder that our fight for equality is not over. We’re still in the heat of a social and…
A small good act
We all have different methods and beliefs, but I would say that most of us try our best to be good people. It is a shame that we do not have an easy way to measure our success, but I believe that’s what keeps us trying. When my mom ran into the room screaming, my…
German soccer star urges players to come out
Manuel Neuer, a professional soccer player for Schalke 04, one of the top professional teams in the German professional league, the Bundesliga, has gone on record as saying that gay players should come out and not fear the reaction of fans. The Schalke goalkeeper, talking to Bunte magazine, said fans would care more about the…
Shia LaBeouf arrested in bar fight after ‘faggot’ taunt
Shia LaBeouf has been arrested after allegedly being involved in a bar fight. The Transformers star was busted after he got into a fist fight outside the Mad Bull Tavern in the Sherman Oaks district of L.A. According to reports, the fight broke out after fans called the actor a “faggot” for refusing to speak…