Irish Blogger Gathering: Let's Get Offensive

Another edition of the Irish Blogger Gathering is making the rounds, and now it is time for One Foot Down to put in its two cents. Enjoy. First, before officially shifting focus to what matters most, lets take a moment to offer a way too early evaluation of Team Kellys recruiting efforts. Theyve got verbals from some highly touted prospects (Hegarty, Koyack, Prestwood) and are in the hunt for ...

Jail Storms: How one blogger, in tandem with GetEQUAL, made the reluctant transition to activist

News:Lets talk about my ass. In particular, lets talk about how often I sit on it. I think my desk chair knows more about me than my boyfriend and my dog combined, and that's saying something. Though my website, The New Gay, I've dedicated the last three years of my life to making a difference within gay culture, and that's come at the cost of actually participating in it. Most of this has to do ...

Three candidates, three solid resumes, one south metro judicial seat

A trial lawyer, a public prosecutor and a judge who spent half of the past year suspended from the bench are all vying for the same judicial seat in the south metro.

Saul Friedman: The Most Tech Savvy President--Who Ignores Older People

It may be said that Barack Obama, among his other firsts, has become the first president of the Internet age. The Internet, specifically the...

The IoS Pink List 2010

Pink List judges including former culture secretary Ben Bradshaw, broadcaster Clare Balding, Stonewall chief executive Ben Summerskill, and John Amaechi, the psychologist and author fought long and hard to decide on the 101 most influential gay and lesbian people in Britain today.

Can Shirley Sherrod beat Breitbart in court?

Ousted Agriculture Department employee Shirley Sherrod said Thursday she plans to sue Andrew Breitbart, the conservative media activist who posted a misleadingly edited video that made her appear racist. Breitbart has said Sherrod wasn't his target rather, he was seeking to expose members of the NAACP who attack the Tea Party for racism yet and applauded Sherrod when she talked about ...