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  Jackfruit at a Vietnamese market in Seattle.  You can see them growing out of the tree trunk in a photo from Chieng Mai here.   These ar...

The Savannah News pinned the blame [for the Philadelphia transit strike] directly on "Mrs. Roosevelt's persistent efforts to forc...

That's the title of a New York Times article today. Here's what I wrote in 2009 in a post I recently reprinted as the topic came...

Brandon Demery Curtain Call [ The Nitty Gritty :  Yes the title was meant to get your attention, but it's also accurate.  "I ...

That's still the best response I've heard to someone who says gays choose to be gay.  This post at Bent Alaska, RJ Haywood's sto...

I was reminded how far behind we are in Anchorage by a story in today's LA Times .   It lists six states debating the legalization of ga...

[NOTE: I'd recommend An Ordinary Family for people looking for something good to see tonight. But read more to see if this is for you...

The words are abstract: Don't Ask Don't Tell Ends. But this video makes it concrete and very personal. You can read more at the S...

From Thai Visa , a website mainly aimed at ex-pats living in Thailand, I get regular reports of what's happening in Thailand.  There wer...

By the time we got to the parkstrip, the Alaska PrideFest Festival was almost over, but there were still folks around and the music was gre...

Sen. Lisa Murkowski was among eight Republicans to vote to repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell (DADT), staying consistent with comments she ...

The sun was pinking the mountains when I left for the 4pm showing of The Silent Accomplice.  Seeing it on the big screen made a big diffe...

Scott in January I first saw Scott Schofield last January when he introduced the Under 30 performances .  At the time I was surprised by...

From KTVA's interview with Lisa Murkowski on Thursday, November 18: On the Don't Ask, Don't Tell vote [Murkowski] I have...

That seems to be a major reason why US District Court Chief Judge Vaughn Walker ruled today that Proposition 8, the initiative approved by ...

What is it about our inability as a nation to deal with sex in an adult way?  Despite the excessive use of sex in marketing of nearly every ...