D'Anne Witkowski
Creep of the Week
Attorney General Mike Cox On Nov. 9, Attorney General Mike Cox held a press conference to announce that he had cheated on his wife. He said, in essence, that it was stupid, all his fault, he regrets it and he and his wife got counseling and worked [...]
Suffer well
It's 1995. You're a struggling screenwriter. A big Hollywood studio is interested in your script, which is based on your lover's painful, and recent, death from AIDS. They offer you a million dollars. The catch: they want you to change the main [...]
Creep of the Week: Brad Snavely
Brad Snavely Some things are so predictable you can set your watch by them. Your cat will stand on your chest at 6 a.m. and meow for food. Your new car will be attacked by a runaway shopping cart the first month you have it. Your great aunt Tilda [...]
Spiralz presents a dizzying array of gems
BIRMINGHAM – Just as a child's eyes widen in a candy shop with the sheer variety of sugary confections, grown ups are likely to feel the same way walking into Spiralz, only instead of rock candy Spiralz deals in the real thing. Gems. Lots and lots [...]
Attorney General loses request for injunction
LANSING – On Monday, Oct. 31 the Michigan Court of Appeals granted Attorney General Mike Cox's request to delay a lower court's decision on the legality of domestic partner benefits offered by public employers until the Appeals Court can decide the [...]
Author comes home to launch 'The Funeral Planner'
Michigan native Lynn Isenberg didn't mean to start a new business when she began writing her latest novel "The Funeral Planner." But after spending so much time and energy researching the funeral industry for the book, including attending the [...]
Bush nominates conservative judge on heels of Miers withdrawal
WASHINGTON – Less than a week after his first pick for the Supreme Court was drummed out of the running by conservative protests, Bush has nominated a far-right conservative to the bench. LGBT advocacy groups immediately blasted Bush's Oct. 31 [...]
Creep of the Week: Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kansas)
Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) He'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too. Especially if your dog is gay, an activist judge or, Heaven forbid, both. Things are going so well for Republicans right now they have nothing more pressing to focus on [...]
Creep of the Week: The Ku Klux Klan
The Ku Klux Klan Of all the hate groups in this country none is as well recognized, or as uniformly accessorized, as the Ku Klux Klan. Thankfully the Klan has been diminishing in power and in numbers over the years. However, that knowledge does [...]
Kansas queen
In 1959 two men shot and killed an entire family in a small Kansas town. The murders would change the life of a gay, upper-crest New York City writer forever. That writer was Truman Capote, the subject of a new film directed by Bennett Miller, based [...]
Creep of the Week: Lou Sheldon
Lou Sheldon Sometimes listening to right-wingers blow smoke would actually be funny if there weren't people who actually believe the stuff they say. Take a recent exchange between Lou Sheldon, the chairman and founder of the Traditional Values [...]
Creep of the Week: Sen. Mike Goschka
Sen. Mike Goschka Sticks and stones may break my bones but names, well, it sucks to get called names. But if Sen. Mike Goschka (R-Brant Township) can call my family "perverse" I can call him this week's Creep. Goschka, who no surprise last week [...]