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Today is actor John Francis Daley’s 25th birthday. That may not seem to have much significance except that, ten years ago this month, a TV series in which he played the central character, Freaks and Geeks, had the last of its original episodes broadca…

One might think, based on the lyrics of his famous song, “Yankee Doodle Dandy,” that songwriter-impresario George M. Cohan was “born on the Fourth of July.” While Cohan’s song is not precisely autobiographical (he was actually born on July 3…

Forty-one years ago today, gay men and lesbians in New York City announced that they had had enough of police brutality, exploitation by the mob, and enforced invisibility by fighting back for the first time in what became known as the Stonewall Riots….

Back in April, I posted a note about how I had been writing short articles about politics and policy issues for Examiner.com. At the time, I had only been “on the job” (so to speak) for about ten days and had published just 17 articles.  That num…

Today marks the fifth anniversary of one of the worst decisions made by the U.S. Supreme Court, a decision in the same league as Plessy v. Ferguson, Dred Scott, Wickard v. Filburn, and the Slaughterhouse Cases. On June 23, 2005, the Supreme Court rule…

Although liberty-lovers may focus on dates like July 4th (Independence Day) or April 13th (Thomas Jefferson’s birthday) as notable enough to celebrate each year, today — June 12 — turns out to be the anniversary of several events worth commemorating….

In this past Tuesday’s Republican primary in Virginia’s Fifth Congressional District, state Senator Robert Hurt became the GOP’s nominee by winning more than 48 percent of the vote against a field of six rivals. This means that Hurt goes on to face in…

Here is my review of Sycamore Trees, now having its world premiere at Signature Theatre in Arlington. Unhappy Families Are All Alike:Signature Theatre’s ‘Sycamore Trees’ Needs TrimmingRick SincereMetro Herald Entertainment Editor Sycamore Trees come…

University of Virginia law school alumnus B. Daniel Blatt blogs at the prominent and widely-read political web site, GayPatriot, which has had more than 3.6 million visitors since September 4, 2004. Based in Los Angeles, Blatt is known as “GayPatrio…

A remarkable story appeared in today’s Washington Post, considering that it is Memorial Day weekend:  T. Rees Shapiro reported on the obituary page the death of 100-year-old John W. Finn, the last surviving recipient of the Congressional Medal of …