ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES

I had meant to throw up a couple more posts from the stands at the Democratic National Convention, but (hey, who knew?!) typing on a PDA is ...

Guest post by Skylanda. If you’re still with me, fifteen wordy days later, you may feel buried beneath an avalanche of priorities and issues...

For Phila A dusty Saturday morning in August, The music store in the dilapidated building on Sixth Street, Looking for the kid’s new instru...

I f Barack Obama had crossed party lines and chosen Palin as his VP pick, by now the corporate media would have: - Gone wild over her Troop...

The divine Snake Goddess asked me to cross-post this, which I put up at my place in response to queries: I've gotten quite a few e-mails...

Guest post by Skylanda. Where the dusty border town of Juarez butts up against the jutting mountains to the north, there is a bridge. On on...

This is a photo of Elle. Previously, when I posted a photo of a Chihuahua in a bee costume , I had no idea there was a site dedicated to dog...

         Like a lot of feminists, I don’t think we’ll ever end discrimination against gay people until we end sexism. For that reason, I’d l...

T he Public Radio radio program Pipe Dreams, which features organ music played in a lot of different places by a lot of different organists,...

Guest post by Skylanda. Today’s the day. The speech-givers have speechified, the spinners have had done their spun, the pundits have spoken...

O ne of the more irrational ideas that has become commonplace is that a passionate interest in what’s called classical music is a sign of sn...

Guest post by Skylanda. Tomorrow, in Denver, Barak Obama will take the stage to accept the nomination for the Democratic ticket for presiden...

       I hope to publish a calendar called "Priests: Straight From the Heart," with photos of priests looking as heterosexual as p...

Guest post by Skylanda. Today, you’re going to hear something new and different. Today you are going to hear this bleeding heart, tree-hugg...