While watching Bruce Jenner being interviewed by Dianne Sawyer, several ideas crossed my mind. First, in the TV situation comedy land of the 1950s and 1960s, audiences were assured “Father Knew Best.” That was the name of the show starring the amiable Robert Young, a Hollywood leading man in the 1930s and 1940s, who was…
In 1963 a New York tabloid ran a six-part series on Sex and Laws. The series was motivated by many factors including sex scandals at the United Nations, increased public health problem of venereal disease, increased number of sex workers, workplace discrimination, and availability of pornography. “Those Who Are Different” dealt rather frankly and honestly…
Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio is officially in the 2016 race for the GOP presidential nomination. That most certainly means he has a campaign book on the market. My copy of Rubio’s American Dreams: Restoring Economic Opportunity for Everyone (Sentinel, $27.95, 212 pages) arrived a few weeks ago. Rubio, in his first term in the…
In the aftermath of GOP 2016 presidential contender Dr. Ben Carson’s recent stunning “prison” explanation for homosexuality, it is illuminating to look at some of his past statements on the subject. For the uninitiated, Carson, a retired Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon, New York Times bestselling author, and columnist for the conservative press, told CNN that being gay was…
Since George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin were the only two people present on the night in 2012 when Martin died from a gunshot fired by Zimmerman, they were the only two people to know what transpired. The only story we have is that of Zimmerman. This story may pass as a true story for some,…
During Michael Jackson’s multiple facial surgeries and skin whitening procedures, armchair psychologists said his intent was clear, if troubling. The most commonly expressed reason given for the ever changing face and complexion of Jackson was he wanted to be less black. Longtime late night TV host and author Dick Cavett once told me he had…
Out with 2014 should go the tired straight confession “I Really Learned to a Like a Homosexual.” These stories seem to be dying a natural death anyway but not quick enough for me. Let me drive a pink stake in the heart of these tired “true confessions” once and for all. Straight homosexual ally stories…
