Author: Daniel DiRito

Many elections are bittersweet. 2008 was no exception. While celebrating Obama’s historic election, California voters were dashing the dreams of LGBT children throughout the world. Today, they doubt voters will ever grant...

As I’ve thought about Proposition 8, the California ballot initiative designed to deny gays the right to marry, and what I could do to oppose it, I’ve continued to come back to a missive I wrote nearly eighteen...

Sarah Palin is an impostor wrapped in rhetorical sophistry. Pundits who foster this folly must be challenged. While participating in these deceptions is deplorable, the act of selecting her to serve just one heart beat from the...

Well I’ve had it with all of the Sarah Palin hyperbole. We’re a better nation than this and we need to stop with the ad hominem attacks on the Alaska governor. To that end, I’ve taken the time to compile some...

As I’ve considered John McCain’s selection of Sarah Palin, and her acceptance speech last evening, I just couldn’t convince myself to take either all that seriously. Yes, it was a well-designed and delivered...