Tag Archives: Homosexual

What Do “Hate,” “Diversity” and “Intolerance” Mean?

This is old news, but instructive nonetheless, for its issues are astonishingly and disturbingly persistent. I ran across it just now on an inactive blog called “dotmoms.”   A friend of mine told me this true story. She teaches at an elite private school, and her kids attend it as students. One day she and …

August 18, 2011 – 2:25 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Life and Choices | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (10)

“Gay or straight, it’s decided at birth”

This entry is part 3 of 5 in the series Science "Journalism"

As a writer, I often enjoy Language Log simply for what I learn there about language, whether it’s connected to topics I’m involved with or not. Once in a while, though, they focus on one of my hot buttons: science journalism. On their blog they call it “The Language of Science,” on ways that science …

June 26, 2008 – 2:58 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Life and Choices, Origins and Science | Tagged , | Comments Off