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       Dia dhait! May you have - Walls for the wind And a roof for the rain, And drinks beside the fire Laughter to cheer you And those you love near you, And all that your heart may desire. Last week, it was announced that the Voyager 1 spacecraft, launched in 1976, had finally reached interstellar space.  Nearly 12 billion miles from Earth, humanity's farthest reach is flying ever farther away. And it just keeps on going. It flies as testament to the power of people. It flies as testament to the United States and what a nation is able to achieve with perseverance, creativity and ambition. It flies in stark contrast to the Government in t

Dia dhait! May you have - Walls for the wind And a roof for the rain, And drinks bedside the fire Laughter to cheer you And those you love near you, And all that your heart may desire. I know it's somewhat premature, but I want to begin bringing attention and focus to an important day this month - Friday, September 27. That date marks National Gay Men's HIV Awareness Day. Times really don't change all that much because today, just like 30 years ago, gay and bisexual men are among the most highly vulnerable to HIV infection. According to estimates by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),  gay and bisexual men are a

Dia dhait! May you have - Walls for the wind And a roof for the rain, And drinks bedside the fire Laughter to cheer you And those you love near you, And all that your heart may desire. During the dark days of slavery,  it was pretty common for many white people to consider black people three fifths of a human being. Once the people of the United States woke up to the fact that black people were a full five fifths of a human being, it was, perhaps, only a matter of time before they came to the same conclusion about gays. For some I'm sure this didn't come soon enough A couple of months ago, the U. S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of ga