By Johnny Trlica Commentary: “Hi. My name is (insert name here), and I’m a Trump addict.†Like an Alcoholics Anonymous, Cocaine Anonymous, or Gamblers Anonymous meeting, a 12-step program for Trump addicts should start with a confession. Trumpism is not a cult after all; it’s an addiction and therefore should be treated as one. Not
By Colby Etherton For nearly a year, rank and file Democrats in Congress had been negotiating on what would’ve been the largest reimagining of the government’s role in public life since the New Deal. President Biden’s Build Back Better agenda encompassed initiatives to address climate change, universal pre-K, expansion of the child tax credit, free
By Jim Ayres I met a friend recently for dinner at Traveler’s Table on lower Westheimer. It’s a restaurant that may not have the PR pull of Houston’s big players, but still, it has found an audience. The place was jam-packed on this Thursday night. Traveler’s Table’s website tells us “We seek to modernize and
By Forest Riggs Galveston, the playland of the South, has long been known to offer a little something for everyone. In fact, Galvestonians will brag, “We have at least one of everything on the Island.†When it comes to music and entertainment, the Island offers a myriad of venues and popular locations to hear and
By Nancy Ford So I was in this movie once. It was a small gay indie produced in Dallas called It’s in the Water (1997). In it, residents of a small Texas town fear that their water supply was turning its people gay, which, today, sounds like a headline espoused by Tucker Carlson. I played
| There’s a new charitable angel, and his name is Fred By Christopher Barrett Politan This World AIDS Day, as we continued to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, a historic gift from Fred Says — a Chicago-based charity founded by HIV-positive doctor Rob Garofalo — reminds us that there is another pandemic that requires our commitment.
Neve Campbell on ‘Scream’ queer theories, and how Sidney still inspires the LGBTQ+ community By Chris Azzopardi As Sidney Prescott, fierce fighter of the knife-wielding Ghostface since the mid-1990s, Neve Campbell has represented strength and survival to generations of LGBTQ+ people. When she first appeared in Wes Craven’s groundbreaking “Scream†in 1996, Campbell’s Prescott wasn’t
By Johnny Trlica Commentary: We used to call them Karens. They were usually middle-aged white women policing parks while calling the police on black people, refusing to wear a mask at the Home Depot, or demanding to speak to the manager at your neighborhood Chili’s. That’s how it started, but just like the coronavirus, Karens
AIDS activist Peter Staley on his memoir ‘Never Silent’ and friend Dr. Fauci By Lawrence Ferber A key member of AIDS activist group ACT UP and a named plaintiff in the ongoing lawsuit against Gilead and other pharma companies for illegally extending the patent of PrEP and HIV medication tenofovir, Peter Staley will tell you
By Jim Ayres Trendy Tennessee-style hot chicken shows no sign of cooling down in 2022. So, in the past month, I’ve had a hot chicken adventure, visiting five inner loop spots to see who’s serious and who’s silly. My ranking follows. Gus’s World Famous Fried Chicken1815 Washington AveHouston, TX 77007832-740-4022GusFriedChicken.com Each of my visits to
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