A note to all new visitors (especially those referred by Instapundit's recent link):

Thank you for visiting this site!

I am a 48 year old longtime gay activist (who disagrees with many of the premises of the "gay movement"), a Second Amendment supporter, Deadhead, pit bull breeder, a (gulp) lawyer in recovery, and in general, a freethinking nut, and I thank you for visiting this blog. I started my blog a year ago, but abandoned it because I wishfully imagined that we had entered a new era of tolerance. However, the recent fussing this Spring over the preservation of sodomy laws made me decide to take my blog more seriously -- if in a satirical manner as originally intended. (So I have only been blogging seriously since May 16, 2003.)

I tend to be skeptical of all "isms" because no matter how expansive or how beautifully sublime any system of thought or philosophy might be, once the tenets are laid down, vested interests tend to evolve which stultify further growth. That said, I try to be open-minded and tolerant of every view except extreme intolerance. (Threatening to imprison me for failing to conform my life to particular interpretations of religious texts is one form of extreme intolerance.)

I think history should be respected, but examined carefully. I like Western Civilization, and much as I distrust religious excesses, a central thesis of this blog is that we should be careful not to throw the Classical "baby" out with the Traditional "bathwater."