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Saturday, 26 April 2008 08:42
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 Bush's Sidestep Heats Up "Dancing With the Stars"
By Patricia Nell Warren
With the second round of eliminations looming, all the couples were determined to stay in the mix. In the second dance of the night, George Bush and his pro partner Dora Politickska took on the sidestep. During rehearsals, Bush had expressed his confidence that he could handle the intricate moves of this dance. "This is one that I've actually had some experience with," he said, "while I was in the, you know, the White House."
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Tuesday, 25 March 2008 07:47
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EarthThunder: Medicine Woman
Working For Our Planet
By Patricia Nell Warren
Like many Americans, I have some First Nation ancestry braided with the European ancestry in my family roots. When I connected with a few tribal cousins, I started hearing stories about family groups back in the 1800s who had never surrendered to the U.S. Army. Instead they slipped off into the wildest, most rugged regions of the West. For several generations, the Wild Ones managed to stay hidden -- never leaving a trace for hikers or forest rangers to find, keeping fires tiny and only lit at night. By the 1930s, logging and recreational development of public lands was making it harder to keep their secret. Yet a few families held on till the 1950s.
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Tuesday, 18 March 2008 20:24
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Women Who Are Violent
Against Other Women
By Patricia Nell Warren
Women's History Month is a good time to pat ourselves on the back -- but it's also a critical time to remind ourselves that we have a long way to go yet. Case in point: some recent ugly incidents around a women's soccer league that plays in the Glendale Sports Complex in Southern California. As reported today in the WeHo News, three different lesbian players have been assaulted during actual play on several occasions by other players, including some of their own teammates. The lesbians have also been subjected to verbal insults and abuse on the field.
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Thursday, 06 March 2008 17:38
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Patricia Nell Warren grew up on a Montana ranch and started publishing poetry and short fiction at age 17. Her bestselling gay novels -- notably The Front Runner, Harlan’s Race and Billy’s Boy -- started their print history in 1974 and continue today with groundbreaking choices of themes and characters. As an activist, she has been involved in women’s rights and free-speech cases that went to the U.S. Supreme Court. In recent years she turned to provocative editorials, writing about post-9/11 issues, youth, elders, AIDS politics and other issues. She also got active in politics, assisting with Democratic fundraising and serving as commission of education in the Los Angeles Unified School District. In 2006 she ran for city council in West Hollywood. Many prestigious awards have come her way, including the Barry Goldwater Award, the New York City Public Advocate Award, and the Independent Publisher Gold Medal. Wildcat Press is her own independent publishing imprint, with its website at www.wildcatpress.com. Her personal page, with many posted editorials and articles, is www.patricianellwarren.com.
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