One of the founders of the modern British gay movement reminds us that in the first years after Stonewall we wanted to change society, not conform to it. There would be sexual freedom and human r...

Alright, how's this take on what passes for our pretended chief executive? I know, it's wasted upon you, dear reader (preaching to the converted is stangely both immediately satisfying and ultimat...

"I also understand how tender the free enterprise system can be."—White House press conference, Washington, D.C., July 9, 2002 [from The Complete Bushisms]

[the impact of Bushie's speech on Wall Street today] I really love the BBC site at the moment. The lead story is that speech, and even in the skeletal form of their headlines they've taken the op...

Gore Vidal, described in an interview as also perhaps the nation's last republican [small "r"], has a chance to do what he does best, elegantly cut through the muck of ignorance and mendacity to de...

[excerpts from a letter to the editor in today's NYTimes] What to do when it appears that the president engaged in financial misdealings before taking office? We know what steps the Republicans ...

We just don't hear enough from independent and courageous people any more, and in fact we cannot ever hear enough from them. So, does everyone else really believe it's unamerican to do anything bu...

Can the writer to the Daily News really be wondering how the 9th Circuit Court feels about religious oaths? Bronx: The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in California says reciting the Pledge of Alle...

Great headline, but still, it's a serious subject for anyone but the diminutive. As far as I'm concerned, I'd now rather be drugged unconscious, slipped into a tube and shipped off to my ultimate ...

We made it in time this year! Saw the Williamsburg "Dancing of the Giglio" this hot sunday afternoon. Not just saw it, but were almost in the middle of the 100-plus beefy Italian guys who shoulde...