Dan Savage
Summary
Daniel Keenan Savage (born October 7, 1964) is an American author, media pundit, journalist and newspaper editor. Savage writes the internationally syndicated relationship and sex advice column Savage Love. Its tone is frank in its discussion of sexuality, often humorous, and hostile to social conservatives, as in the Santorum controversy. Savage, who is gay, has often been the subject of controversy regarding some of his opinions that pointedly clash with both those of traditional conservatives and those put forth by what Savage has been known to call the "gay establishment". He has also worked as a theater director, both under his real name and under the name Keenan Hollahan, using his middle name and his grandmother's maiden name.Dan Savage was born to William and Judy Savage in Chicago, Illinois.
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‘Dear Abby’ writer Pauline Phillips dies at 94
Pauline Friedman Phillips died Wednesday “after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease,” Steve Karnowski writes. Under the pen name Abigail Van Buren, she wrote a very popular advice column until 1987, when she handed the column to … Read more.
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Pizza With a Side of Attitude: The Rise of Snark Online
On Mondays, when my students ask me what I did over the weekend, I often reply, "read, wrote, and then read and wrote some more. " Most of the time, I'm being more serious than they know.
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Santorum's Presidential Run Improves His Google Profile
Rick Santorum may not have done well enough in Michigan to necessarily forestall some sort of "Romney bounce" between now and Super Tuesday, but did you know that, in many ways, Rick Santorum has already won? Well, in one way, anyway.
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'Pro-Family' Activist Wants Santorum's 'Google Problem' Fixed
An activist "devoted exclusively to exposing and countering the homosexual activist agenda" has put out a call for columnist Dan Savage to take down his Santorum. com website, a page which has presented GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum with a now-notorious "Google problem. ".
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WATCH: Colbert Rips Santorum, Huntsman & Defends Corn
Finally back after the long holiday break, Stephen Colbert returned to "The Colbert Report" Tuesday night to make his predictions for the Iowa Caucuses, or as he put it, "The Superbowl of old Midwestern people in a high school gym sitting in folding chairs. ".
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Rick Santorum's Search Engine Problem Hits The Big Time
Months ago, few Americans had heard of former Senator Rick Santorum or knew that a search of his name brings up an obscene gay sex term. But last night, Santorum became a leading contender to represent the Republican party in this year’s presidential election. Is this a problem?.
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Bachmann Reacts To Confrontation With 8-Year-Old
Republican presidential candidate and Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn. ) reacted on Glenn Beck's radio show Tuesday to an incident last week where an 8-year-old approached her at a book signing for her new memoir in South Carolina and told her that his mom is gay.
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Laurence Watts: Hypochristians
More learned people than I claim that William Shakespeare originated more than 1,000 words of the English Language. The fact that Shakespeare (c. 1564-1616) predated Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of The English Language (published in 1755) undoubtedly helped cement his reputation in this regard. Nowadays it's much harder to create a new word that catches on.
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Rick Santorum Apparently Contacted Google About His Google Problem (And In So Doing, Worsened It)
Remember Rick Santorum? (He is running for president. ) Well, in some Rick Santorum "news" of the oddly sourced variety, we learn that the former Pennsylvania senator has "contacted Google" to try to deal with his well known "Google problem. ".
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Marketing Predictions for Season 13 Cast of 'Dancing With the Stars'
As he did last season, Octagon First Call's David Schwab, who helps brands assess the value of celebrities for ad campaigns, is giving us his predictions for the marketing potential of the latest Dancing With the Stars cast. Peer into his crystal ball after the jump.
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