“We do not believe any group of men adequate enough or wise enough to operate without scrutiny or without criticism. We know that the only way to avoid error is to detect it, that the only way to detect it is to be free to inquire. We know that in secrecy error undetected will flourish and subvert.” –J. Robert Oppenheimer
In which the social justice "hoax retelling" of the Matthew Shepard gay/drug acquaintance murder fits into an even bigger social justice artistic story-born movement looking for a political event to boost it. Introduction: I did not expect to write this article. But after being sucked into a rabbithole of research, I simply had to do … Continue reading A Brief Chronology of the Wyoming Gay Cowboy Narrative
In thinking about an appropriate piece to present here in honor of Susan B. Anthony's emancipation, I thought about finding an aria from "The Mother of Us All" an opera about prominent women in American history. Yeah, no. Virgil Thompson composing or not, it's...weird. So.... https://youtu.be/fT-h6BDiV50 Oh, nonononono. Try this instead. https://youtu.be/E-sX2Y0W8l0 And now for … Continue reading Dear KAG: 20200819 Open Thread