In Defense of Madonna

You know you struck a cultural and political nerve when a week after a stirring and defiant speech at the historic Women’s March on Washington January 21, people are still talking, debating, and pissed off about it. Love it or hate it, Madonna’s speech was a rousing success.   As a gay man in my…

Will Madonna, Katy Perry, Beyoncé Offer Alternative to Trump Inauguration?

Momentum builds for a “freedom concert” as counter-programming to the January 20 swearing-in.  As inauguration day draws closer, Robert Reich — the former Labor Secretary in President Bill Clinton’s administration — has taken to social media to advocate for an anti-Trump concert in Washington, D.C., during the January 20 inauguration.  “Someone just suggested to me…