On the wall of my office, in a prominent spot among the memorabilia I have accumulated over the years, is a framed letter from my longtime hero, Barry Goldwater. The letter was a response to the only fan letter I have ever sent anyone, a fan letter prompted by Goldwater’s position on gays in the military (“You don’t have to be straight, you just have to shoot straight.”).
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Respect and the Supreme Court
By the time this column is printed, the stunning Supreme Court decision in Lawrence v. Texas will be over six weeks old, and the implications will just be sinking in.
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Separate But Equal
The recent announcement that the New York school system intends to open the Harvey Milk School–a separate high school for gay teens–raised some troubling issues.
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Single Issue
As Congress reconvenes after the Christmas/New Year holiday, we are told that anti-abortion legislation will be a high priority. Now that Republicans are firmly in charge of both houses of Congress, they intend to enact laws further restricting a woman?s right to terminate an unwanted pregnancy.
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Top Ten Reasons
As I write this, the Bush Administration seems bent upon an invasion of Iraq that strikes many of us as an unnecessary and very dangerous break with prior American foreign policy. As an inveterate list-maker, I offer the following top ten reasons the United States should not invade Iraq:
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