On April 14th, 2016, I had the opportunity to meeting Ambassador Dennis Ross, who has a very long and distinguished career working in diplomatic relations, particularly with the Middle East, and dealing directly with the parties in negotiations. These include: During President Jimmy Carter’s administration, Ross worked under Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz in the Pentagon, co-authoring a … Continue reading
“While some elements of personality may be inherited, psychologists generally see personality as a matter of socialization. So they see deviance as a matter of improper or failed socialization…. This idea that deviance is a matter of impulse control is called Containment Theory, or having a personality that contains deviant actions. And Containment Theory has … Continue reading
In a previous post, I had mentioned being bullied in school (family hardly being any better). As such one of the comparisons being made was that being gay effectively made me a woman. Notably, I would argue that my family is inclined to actually believe this, as women are comparatively weak to men in his mind. … Continue reading
I do know a thing about internet trolling, as I have my own family to give the greatest credit for this, giving me lots of experience on the psychological factors, and understanding of it’s context. If you think they are different in person than on the internet – think again – as my experience with … Continue reading
Having supported him in the past, it is with great pleasure to support Mayor Marty Walsh for re-election this time around as well. Before I get to the good, I’d prefer to talk about the bad. When it came to the Boston 2024 Partnership, which would bring the 2024 Summer Olympics to Boston. I maintain my … Continue reading
It was a pleasure to meet Dylan Kelly, Chapter Leader of the Massachusetts Log Cabin Republicans at the Boston Pride Political Forum on June 7th, 2016, during Pride Week. Certainly, there is no issue to me whether someone in the LGBT community is a Democrat, Republican, Independent, etc. only so long as they take a … Continue reading
Although not remembered as a great President, I happen to think President George H. W. Bush was very much a thoughtful person who has shown himself to lead with heart, rather than strict political ideology. Growing up, my family did state distaste for him, but that was merely one of instances in which we disagreed, … Continue reading
The first piece of legislation I ever worked on was the Transgender Equal Rights Bill. I put a great deal of work into it, volunteering to get it passed, because I knew that Transgender individuals were not really that different from me. It was just that simple. Gov Patrick speaks at the ceremonial signing of … Continue reading
Continuing from Batman Begins and Batman: The Dark Knight, is Batman: The Dark Knight Rises, the final part of Chistopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Trilogy. The film features Burn Gorman (Torchwood Series 1 and 2, Bleak House), and Morgan Freeman (Deep Impact). Notably, the film was accused of being political as the Salon article, “Batman hates the … Continue reading
On June 10th, 2016, I finally had the pleasure of meeting Congressman Joe Kennedy III at a Pride Party taking place in Boston’s South End neighborhood at Ink Block Boston. Bobby Kennedy commends @mayortommenino and #coolglobes for understanding how #nature is public good we must protect. pic.twitter.com/HYIqZjeglB — Greenovate Boston (@GreenovateBos) August 15, 2013 The … Continue reading
