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We hear a lot about how Hollywood foists its radical values on the 'real' America, but still: where ARE all the A-list gay actors? Not ONE out leading man in Hollywood? Statistics tell us at least one of them is but what's with the celluloid closet?
By: denniscmcgrath | Updated: 5 days ago by kevinh | (6)
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Okay, we don't actually find that joke endlessly funny in NJ, but here's a heartwarming story about the very first family to pay a toll on the Garden State Parkway.
By: denniscmcgrath | Updated: 12/2/2008 by glendam | (4)
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Legendary NYC host Toots Shor remembered in new documentary by granddaughter.
By: denniscmcgrath | Updated: 29 days ago by (Guest) | (4)
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Bad economy means good buys for the still solvent.
By: denniscmcgrath | Updated: 11/25/2008 by glendam | (4)
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I myself have seen $2.99 9/10 - remember, they always have that stupid fraction in gas prices - this very weekend at a Lukoil in Stockton, NJ, which was very strange as gasoline in the river towns of the Delaware Valley typically aren't inexpensive.
By: denniscmcgrath | Updated: 11/19/2008 by ademers1980 | (22)
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Police, emergency services bracing for unprecedented crowd as city salutes hometown hero.
By: denniscmcgrath | Updated: 11/7/2008 by kevinh | (13)
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on the scrapheap of history. The economics of multiple car lines is part of what's killing Detroit.
By: denniscmcgrath | Updated: 12/2/2008 by glendam | (2)
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St. John the Divine has long been positioned within the liberal wing of the Episcopal Church, which has been divided in recent years, along with the worldwide Anglican Communion, over the ordination of gay clergy and the celebration of same-sex unions.
By: denniscmcgrath | Updated: 12/1/2008 by glendam | (2)
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Pumps across America registering big savings.
By: denniscmcgrath | Updated: 11/28/2008 by denniscmcgrath | (3)
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The frills-free Versa -- which is made in Mexico and will be available starting Nov. 18 -- will come without power windows or air conditioning and will be the only new car available in the U.S. for less than $10,000.
By: denniscmcgrath | Updated: 11/3/2008 by denniscmcgrath | (7)
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Some observers say that even if McCain wins, he'll have a difficult time heading his own party.
By: denniscmcgrath | Updated: 10/28/2008 by glendam | (7)
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It ain't? D***!
By: denniscmcgrath | Updated: 11/3/2008 by glendam | (4)
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Scientists are exploring whether reducing levels of a key fatty acid in the brain, by manipulating the enzyme that moderates production of the acid, might lead to a treatment that would halt further deterioration.
By: denniscmcgrath | Updated: 10/28/2008 by denniscmcgrath | (8)
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You CAN train your cat. Let me repeat that ...
By: denniscmcgrath | Updated: 10/22/2008 by glendam | (14)
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Somehow, I suspect, God wasn't actually very interested in running anyone off the road ... the perpetrator will be subjected to a psychiatric examination. There's a surprise ...
By: denniscmcgrath | Updated: 12/2/2008 by denniscmcgrath | (0)
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Rigorous DNA studies reveal that the Phoenicians, a people long lost to time, live on in the genetics of one in 17 Mediterranean men.
By: denniscmcgrath | Updated: 11/3/2008 by denniscmcgrath | (4)
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SF Mayor Gavin Newsom's remarks on the passing of gay rights pioneer Del Martin.
By: denniscmcgrath | Updated: 10/22/2008 by denniscmcgrath | (11)
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Backers of the measure banning gay marriage in California have said they will target justices who vote to overturn it. Legal scholars say the court has no clear path to tossing out Prop. 8.
By: denniscmcgrath | Updated: 11/19/2008 by denniscmcgrath | (1)
"Working on a Dream," the first cut released from his new album of the same name, will be continuously streamed by a NJ FM radio statio starting at 10 a.m. EST 11/21/08.
By: denniscmcgrath | Updated: 11/21/2008 by denniscmcgrath | (1)
An accident of history made Harvey Milk the first openly gay man elected to major office in this country, so it's fitting that yet another accident of history has made "Milk," the earnest biopic about the man, more involving than it would otherwise be.
By: denniscmcgrath | Updated: 11/28/2008 by denniscmcgrath | (1)
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A former SF Chronicle reporter recalls some of the stories that shook San Francisco 30 years ago.
By: denniscmcgrath | Updated: 11/18/2008 by denniscmcgrath | (1)
New book posits that success has many fathers (and mothers).
By: denniscmcgrath | Updated: 11/17/2008 by denniscmcgrath | (1)
Federal authorities count more than 200 hate crimes directly related to the election of America's first black president.
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I always though so ... '80s no-wave legends Liquid Liquid take over London's Barbizon arena ...
By: denniscmcgrath | Updated: 10/8/2008 by denniscmcgrath | (1)
Once a week, some of the widest streets in this metropolis of millions are given over completely to unmotorized vehicles, giving a measure of clean air and healthful exercise to its citizens,
By: denniscmcgrath | Updated: 9/26/2008 by denniscmcgrath | (1)
erry Calabrese readily admits he's not a "fan boy" when it comes to Lionel trains. But Lionel's CEO can claim something many rabid Lionel fans can't: He actually worked on the railroad, in his case the Erie-Lackawanna.
By: denniscmcgrath | Updated: 27 days ago by denniscmcgrath | (1)
Today we celebrate, if that's the right word, the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the John Birch Society.
By: denniscmcgrath | Updated: 28 days ago by denniscmcgrath | (1)
Professional crowd estimators estimate just how many people can actually fit on the National Mall.
By: denniscmcgrath | Updated: 28 days ago by glendam | (2)
In an epochal 1968 demo, Stanford Research Institute rolled out the technologies we would come to depend on today.
By: denniscmcgrath | Updated: 28 days ago by denniscmcgrath | (0)
Legendary leftist journalist comments on the trial of SF Supervisor Dan White, the murderer of SF Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk
By: denniscmcgrath | Updated: 12/5/2008 by denniscmcgrath | (1)
Food for thought - there are legitimate relationships beyond same sex and opposite sex long term committed relations that also should be recognized and legitimized by the government.
By: denniscmcgrath | Updated: 12/4/2008 by denniscmcgrath | (1)
Library officials express relief that the painting by one of America's best-known artists failed to sell this week at Sotherby's.
By: denniscmcgrath | Updated: 12/4/2008 by glendam | (3)
The county, which as a population that is 70 percent black, is celebrating the first African-American President of the United States.
By: denniscmcgrath | Updated: 12/3/2008 by denniscmcgrath | (0)
Just some of the greatest photographs taken during the campaign - hey, even if you don't like Barack Obama you can enjoy the talent of these photographers.
The strip is sexy — imagine “Doonesbury” with regular references to sex toys — and it’s political, in a feisty, lefty, Greenpeace meets PETA meets MoveOn.org kind of way. Ms. Bechdel’s lesbians wanted to impeach the first George Bush.
Rosa Parks, the woman who started the boycott of segregated buses in Montgomery, Ala., was once asked which songs meant the most to her. She replied, “All of the songs Odetta sings.”
By: denniscmcgrath | Updated: 12/3/2008 by glendam | (1)