Being of Scandinavian descent, my family immigrated to this country from Norway shortly after the Civil War, I sometimes think I’m genetically predisposed to exhibiting bah humbug-like behavior this time

I’m optimistic about the future. People sometimes say I’m naive or a Pollyanna, but it’s not that at all. My optimism is firmly rooted in my life experiences and is

Another World AIDS Day, December 1, has come and gone. Usually my disappointment about World AIDS Day centers on the lack of media attention the day receives in this country.

This story was originally published in my book, Never Give Up: Vignettes from Sub-Saharan Africa in the Age of AIDS. The other day I was rummaging through some files looking

A recent Harvard study has verified what many of us have believed for a very long time – that AIDS denialism on the part of the former President of South

I was emotionless when I received a call from the sheriff telling me that David was dead. The call confused me, not so much because David was found dead in

Saturday, September 27 was a wonderful and important day for Open Arms. In a joyful and emotional ceremony, we broke ground on our new building in the Phillips neighborhood of

As we prepare to break ground on Open Arms’ new building on Saturday, September 27, I find myself reflecting on all of the events of the past 22 years that

On June 5, 1981, the Centers for Disease Control reported on a new disease that was afflicting five gay men. We didn’t know at the time, but that day would

(Reprinted from Insight News, July 28-August 3, 2008) Ato Shallo Dhaba, Director of the Regional Health Bureau of Oromiya, Ethiopia, visited the Twin Cities in January of 2008 on the