The more immediate, political evil of "family values" affects all of us, whether our own families are "valued" or not. In Florida, the Bush family has been helped by the Rehnquist family, even as ...

John Bender tells us, sort of courtesy of Apple Computer, why he switched. "... patriotism is the rohypnol of the American public ... I heard people say if you don't love the United States of Ame...

He's done little enough to keep us out of the mess we're in now, since he voted for the new Department and for the office, but at least Chuck Schumer knows what kind of "big brother" he doesn't hav...

Sound vaguely familiar? But don't draw too many parallels, even if the picture is incredibly grim. Early twentieth-century fascist and totalitarian states were created in milieus which included s...

Part of The Left, of the 1960's, of New York City, of our very conscience, Mark Rudd hasn't retired altogether. Mr. Rudd, 55, lives in Albuquerque, where he teaches mathematics at the Albuquerque...

Damn! Shoulda posted something before the Festival, since it ends tomorrow! Commenting now won't help you find the films and videos already screened, and it won't help the artists. ACT UP BUT. ...

The current issue of The Advocate includes a story about Hispanic Chicago teenagers running a Spanish-language radio show for their GLBTZ peers and a story about the courage of a Kentucky high scho...

Most Americans still believe they live in something close to a meritocracy, and most believe in the family, whatever they mean by that. It turns out that most Americans are half right. It has al...

The Houses of Parliament are talking. And once again.