History
All the President’s Men at 40
Michael Cavna reports for WaPo: CARL BERNSTEIN has a favorite shot — a powerful, wordless visual within a film rippling with verbiage. It is the moment when everything elevates as…
The choice for Commander-in-Chief: a stateswoman or a narcissist?
My thoughts while comparing foreign policy remarks by an experienced stateswoman versus a bullshitting narcissist: The most vital presidential traits are not about public ceremonies and photo ops. They are…
Rewriting the origins of the gay choral movement
The Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus posted this yesterday with the following explanation: Yesterday, the Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus was fortunate enough to perform for the students of The Arts Academy…
Hillary Clinton: A note on the fight against HIV and AIDS—and the people who really started the conversation
A note on the fight against HIV and AIDS—and the people who really started the conversation. https://t.co/7nT47FqDep — Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) March 13, 2016 Thanks to Secretary Clinton for this…
#TBT – Six years ago today, marriage equality became law in DC.
(Photo from NYT, 3/3/2010: Jonathan Howard, left, and Gregory Jones applied for a marriage license on Wednesday in Washington. Credit Alex Wong/Getty Images) Here’s an item for Throwback Thursday: Six…
Nearly 20 percent of Trump’s supporters disapprove of Lincoln freeing the slaves
Nearly 20 percent of Trump’s supporters disapprove of Lincoln freeing the slaves https://t.co/CRxMzIAgsO — Vox (@voxdotcom) February 24, 2016 Wow.
Drew Lewis, former U.S. transportation secretary, dies at 84
(Transportation Sec. Drew Lewis, upper right, with President Reagan and Attorney General William French Smith in 1981. Associated Press) Philly.com Reports. I was in college and Gerald Ford was president…
Results, not revolution
My latest Blade column takes a historical view of how public policy is changed. We must honor the struggle, not avoid the work by indulging in magical thinking. Here’s an…
“Lost in the Stars” comes to Washington National Opera
On Sunday evening I watched the tech rehearsal of the first act of Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson’s “Lost in the Stars,” based on Alan Paton’s “Cry, the Beloved Country.”…
Five years later, Uganda's LGBT groups on David Kato’s murder
‘His death made us stronger’: Uganda's LGBT groups on David Kato’s murder https://t.co/ZtopbIi1uQ — The Guardian (@guardian) January 26, 2016 January 26 was the fifth anniversary of the brutal murder…