Shameless self promotion

The August issue of The Progressive Magazine is out now, and it includes my essay, “Was My Father Evil?” My essay is not available online, so go forth and purchase an old-fashioned hard copy of the thing. Tell them Diane sent you. Meanwhile, their website does have an interesting excerpt from an interview with writer and war correspondent Chris Hedges.

The Progressive & The Goodness Project

I’m pleased to report that The Progressive will be publishing an updated version of my essay, “Was My Father Evil?” The essay is set to run in the August issue.

"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" has to end now

My DADT op-ed is up at The Progressive.

President Obama and the Pentagon’s top leaders should be applauded for standing up for gay Americans serving in the military, but there is no excuse for leaving the crippling “don’t ask, don’t tell” ban in place one more day. Read More.

Bill McKibben sings the Climate Change Blues

My interview with environmentalist Bill McKibben is up on the Progressive web site and also out in the magazine's dead tree edition. McKibben is a fascinating, driven and somewhat gloomy fellow. Talking to him was both exhilarating (as he looked forward to a post-fossil-fuel era) and downright terrifying as he talked about how far we have to go to get there. In honor of the soon-to-be inauguration of Barack Obama, here's one quote about our outgoing prez:

The Bush Administration was precisely the wrong thing at the wrong time

McKibben's climatological bottom line? The human race must change now, as in right this minute, or face a truly lousy future.

The Anti-Bush Isn't

By Diane Silver

In this most inhospitable year for Republicans, Sen. John McCain touts his record on global warming as proof he is the anti-Bush. Compared to President Bush, the soon-to-be Republican presidential nominee looks... (read more at The Progressive)