April 13, 2017

US drops largest non-nuclear bomb in Afghanistan

Barbara Starr and Ryan Browne report at CNN. The bomb is called MOAB. It is 21,600 pounds and is GPS-guided, dropped by an MC-130 aircraft on ISIS targets in Afghanistan….

Out: How to Help Stop Chechnya’s Gay Concentration Camps

The persecution of gay people in Chechnya has only worsened since I wrote about it in my Blade column last week. Hilton Dresden at Out magazine lists several things you…

Blade QUEERY: Rev. Cedric A. Harmon

(Washington Blade photo by Michael Key) One of GLAA’s honorees for our reception on April 20, my esteemed friend Rev. Cedric Harmon of Many Voices, answers 20 gay questions for…

Cosby’s books join ‘most challenged’ list

Graham Bowley reports at NYT: Bill Cosby’s “Little Bill” children’s book series was among the 10 “most challenged” books in 2016, according to a list compiled by the American Library…

Service with a Smile

The attorney for Dr. Dao of the United Airlines “Rhapsody in Black and Blue” incident invoked this classic scene from “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles.” It is apt. Trigger warning: lots…