Dear friends at People, It must be terribly disappointing to work hard on something, only to be forced to remove it. I know how frustrating it is when I’ve worked on an article, only to discover that it’s not going… Continue Reading
It was with a sinking feeling that I heard the news this morning — the American Academy of Pediatrics has issued a new policy statement regarding circumcision of newborn males. I don’t normally greet news of revised policy statements by… Continue Reading
Did you know that Sally Ride was a lesbian? I didn’t either. I learned it while driving in to work two days ago and listening to NPR: at the very end of their obit they mentioned her partner of 27… Continue Reading
I am no great fan of the contemporary Republican Party, certainly not as it is expressing itself in Congress these days. But Andrew Sullivan, in his inimitable manner, does nothing to help with trenchant analyses such as this one (presented… Continue Reading
Over at Slate, there’s an article about the Ron Paul newsletters and what they have to say about us gay folk. (Yes, another Ron Paul piece around here. Sorry.) Here’s the subheader: Why Ron Paul’s anti-gay newsletters don’t bother liberal… Continue Reading
Andrew Sullivan needs a get-a-grip friend. You know the kind. These are the friends we all need who tell us that we should dump the horrible person we’re dating, or that yes our ass really does look fat in those… Continue Reading
Andrew Sullivan bestows a coveted Yglesias Award Nomination on one David French for writing this in the Washington Post: “In my years as an evangelical conservative lawyer and activist, I have learned (and lived) the painful reality that we evangelicals… Continue Reading
In a recent post applauding news that HIV medication makes HIV-positive men far less likely to spread the virus to partners (a sentiment I heartily endorse), Andrew Sullivan ponders a question I find genuinely perplexing: But I wonder what the… Continue Reading
Both Andrew Sullivan and Spencer Ackerman raise alarms about a new report in the online journal PLoS Medicine. The report concerns the medical providers at the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay and their complicity in the torture of detainees there,… Continue Reading