tru love is the on-going essay project of opinion columnist glenn truitt, which is equal parts, social commentary, political observation and personal memoir.

Un-Mothers Day

2017-05-15 01:16

So, today is Mother’s Day; a holiday so widely celebrated that it’s easy to forget that there are lots of people who don’t have much to celebrate - the motherless. Statisti… Read More

The Alarming And Sudden Exclusivity Of The Rainbow

2015-07-03 08:25

On July 2, outspoken writer Peter Moskovitz published an OpEd on WashingtonPost.com entitled “Why You Should StopWaving the Rainbow Flag on Facebook: Armchair Allies Shouldn’t Co… Read More

A perfect throw and a perfect catch. A perfect moment at STAPLES Center. (Originally published Dec 24, 2007)There are very few perfect moments in a normal life. To be certain, there are very… Read More

Five Minutes

2013-09-11 15:34

For five minutes, we thought we were going to end the world. I took just that long for the cold reality of the 24 intercontinental nuclear weapons we had been blithely driving around t… Read More

Killing Herndon - An Open Letter To The President

2010-06-07 00:03

Dear President Obama,On the 12th of September, 1857, a 43-year old United States Navy Commander was given leave of his military command to captain the commercial sidewheel steamship SS Centr… Read More

Thanking Coach

2010-04-12 20:18

Like most athletes, I’ve had a lot of coaches in my time. Coaches hold a special place in American culture; somewhere between parent and teacher, someplace between best friend and arc… Read More

The Fourth Horseman

2010-04-05 15:56

History is filled with transcendent trios. Bands of heroes, villains, saviors and songsters have come in threes so often that we've become accustomed and comfortable with the idea and even… Read More

20 Mistakes Women Make In Bed With Men

2010-02-24 23:14

1. ADMITTING IS THE HARDEST PART - You, yes, you make mistakes in bed... and contrary to what you may believe your vagina is not so magically wonderful that we don't notice. Oh, we may not S… Read More

Resolute

2010-01-05 05:43

New Year’s resolutions have their origins in ancient Rome and Babylon, where the mythical Roman king Janus with his two faces would look both at the year past and the year to come (and… Read More

The Fourth Kind

2009-12-29 22:43

I’m nearly finished with the first year of my essay project, and after resolving last January to write an essay each week for a whole year, I’m nearing my first successful comple… Read More

The Yule Tidal Wave

2009-12-23 06:35

Despite the fact that this is my fourth December in Los Angeles, this year was my first doing any appreciable Christmas shopping here. I’m usually headed back home to Colorado - and n… Read More

Stopping To Ink

2009-12-15 19:04

In contravention of the motherly advice given all over the world, I’m here to tell you that getting a tattoo is a fantastic idea. To be fair, I just got a tattoo a week ago (that wick… Read More

Shades Of Lame

2009-12-09 17:55

California has more days of sunshine than another other state in the union, and this comes as absolutely no surprise to anyone who’s paying rent or a house payment here. The weather i… Read More

A Healthy Dose Of Shame

2009-12-09 17:49

Despite the fact that we are the fattest nation in its fattest era, a robust health and fitness industry has provided us with greater access to the technology and know-how we can use to keep… Read More

The Other Island I Lost

2009-12-02 09:47

It’s often said that “you can’t go home again”, but as I recently found home isn’t the only place that may vanish when you’re not looking. The news hit m… Read More

Anything You Can Douche, I Can Douche Better

2009-11-24 06:42

There is something truly incredible about the men of Los Angeles; something that defies all logic or understanding. Because just when I think that I've seen the art of douchebaggery reach i… Read More

Fear Of A Strange Red Planet

2009-11-17 07:40

I have something to say to the red state zealots, to the right wing campaign volunteers, to the tea party protesters, to the Joe-the-Plumbers, and to the Populist movement who has turned a p… Read More

For Hate Of The Game

2009-11-10 06:52

I hate the Yankees. That alone hardly puts me in unique company, the Yankees are one of the most divisive professional sports franchises in the world. As the old saying goes: you either lo… Read More

Common Nonsense

2009-10-27 08:24

The populist rebellion is in full swing these days. The gap between the educated and non-educated factions of Americans appears to broaden daily as partisan politicians, retail marketers an… Read More

The Write Stuff

2009-10-20 08:27

Today I found out that I didn’t win a short fiction contest that I entered this summer. In fairness, I didn’t really expect to win, nor did I have much of a chance. I’m n… Read More

Driving Down Crime

2009-10-12 19:59

Racial profiling is a volatile and hot-button issue, which pits our ever-increasing desire for personal safety in an era of terror and violence against the desperate defense of our civil rig… Read More

Battle Of The Bulge

2009-10-05 04:35

We are a nation of self-love in the era of self-love. Entire industries have been built to short circuit the healthy social imperatives of shame and guilt, and entire generations have been… Read More

Personal Space, The Final Frontier

2009-09-23 05:57

In most matters, I'm not an ethnocentrist. I'm all for the melting pot that is the United States. The broad array of cultures that have been brought to our shores have contributed immeasura… Read More

The Road To Happiness

2009-09-15 22:46

There is a great deal of time and effort spent on the discussion of “finding happiness” – as though it were something you lost in your apartment or a small town in eastern… Read More

I Am Not Spartacus (and Neither Are You)!

2009-09-07 19:31

I realize the risk I’m running by writing this. It’s one thing to wax poetic on the fashion tragedies of other men that I see running around and still try to maintain some air o… Read More

Let's Hear It For The Boy

2009-08-31 08:28

The large scale campaign conducted by the women of world to convince men that they are the only gender subject to the visceral weakness of our base desires has been wildly successful. In fa… Read More

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