The military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy costs the government money and is discriminatory to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender citizens. The government and military should accept gays into the armed forces and should not discharge troops who reveal their sexual orientation.
This Thursday morning the Academy Awards parties out west are finally starting to wind down. Taking a cue from the French Quarter after Mardi Gras, sanitation crews pressure-wash the rancid party residue off the streets of Los Angeles, sending all the valium and vomit of the Oscars aftermath down the gutters to the metropolitan water purification plant where the night's effluvia is purified and polished and pumped to the taps on the city's east side.
When I was a kid, I had a small purple diary with a pair of fluffy, tan kittens on the cover. On the side of my diary was a gold lock, which if opened by a tiny gold key would reveal my innermost thoughts- primarily which boys in my second grade class were the cutest and how much fun Caitlin's slumber party had been.