(CNN) — Floyd Corkins has pleaded guilty to shooting a Family Research Council employee in August, telling a federal judge Wednesday that he wanted to intimidate gay rights opponents. Corkins, 28, pleaded guilty to three charges related to the shooting at the conservative policy group’s Washington headquarters, including committing an act of terrorism, interstate transportation…
The media can be real Debbie-Downers sometimes. They spend months covering the negative part of a situation. Then it gets resolved and they are on to the next crisis. The Fiscal Cliff is a great example. For several months, there were all kinds of predictions about the bad things about to happen. However, Congress came…
It’s no secret to me but you might be surprised to know how many artists live and work in obscurity and with a great deal of financial insecurity. Throughout history many individuals who are driven to make art do so not as a hobby but rather as an obsessive need to solve an essential, existential…
It took Rev. Jerry Troyer two years of writing off and on to complete what he calls a “heart-centered book.” As Rev. Troyer prepares for the launch of Coming Out to Ourselves, (Jan. 12 at The Center) I had the opportunity to sit down and talk with him about his book and the journey that…
(CNN) — After exhaustive negotiations that strained the country’s patience, the House approved a bill to avert the dreaded fiscal cliff, staving off widespread tax increases and deep spending cuts. In the 257-167 vote late Tuesday, 172 Democrats and 85 Republicans favored the bill; 16 Democrats and 151 Republicans opposed it. The approved plan maintains…
The evening I’m writing this column is an evening after a day spent fishing at Lake Cuyamaca. I haven’t been fishing in more than three years. The last time I went fishing was March 2009, which was the month before I went to Greeley, Colo. to cover the Angie Zapata hate crime murder trial. Before…
(CNN) — Time is running out for congressional Republicans and President Barack Obama to strike a deal to avert the fiscal cliff. If the two parties can’t come to an agreement before the end of the year, a combination of broad tax hikes and deep government spending cuts take effect . Experts warn of a…
WASHINGTON – Speaker John Boehner’s office was overran by demonstrators today, some who stripped naked, to protest anticipated budget cuts to HIV/AIDS programs if a deal is not reached to avoid the “fiscal cliff.” Three of the protestors, all women, were arrested for indecent exposure. According to Buzzfeed one of the protesters, Jennifer Flynn, said,…
Tina Leight-Roades has resigned as Director of Pride @ the beach and a board member of North County LGBTQ Resource Center. Citing family and health demands Leight-Roades announced her resignation in an email addressed to ‘Community Members.’ From the email: “It is with a great deal of sadness and thought that I announce that effective…
A great deal was made out of the fact that Brave is the first Pixar movie with a female protagonist. Since Disney has had female protagonists from the beginning – Snow White was released in 1939 – Pixar isn’t exactly breaking new ground. If anything, Brave is the first major American animated film with a…
