NYT (5): National News

Finally, a "bailout" for homeowners; Washington effectively becomes 7th state to legalize same-sex marriage; House passes insider trading bill, despite G.O.P. excising of important provision; G.O.P. sees birth control as new "cultural wars" wedge issue; As youth watch less TV (but more media in general), older people watch more.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, February 9, 2012

NYT Editorial & Op-Eds (4)

"A federal appeals court struck down California’s ban on same-sex marriage, bringing this nation a step closer to full equality and fairness" (Editorial); "On popular Web sites, misinformation about antipiracy legislation amounted to an abuse of trust and a misuse of power" (Guest Op-Ed); "Observing democratic awakenings in places like Egypt, Syria and Russia puts a glow in your heart and a pit in your stomach" (Friedman); "Ending Iran’s influence in Syria would transform the Middle East" (Guest Op-Ed)
Posted by Ian Alterman, Wednesday, February 8, 2012

NYT (6): National News

Prop 8 is struck down by fed appeals court; Study finds U.S. Muslims no threat re terrorism; PA sets local taxes on fracking; Santorum up, Gingrich down, Romney stable; Manhattan D.A. drops rape charges against Commish Kelly's son; 30-year NYC battle over loitering (homeless) arrests ends.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Wednesday, February 8, 2012

NYT Op-Eds (2)

"To see the future of same-sex marriage, look to savvy companies" (Bruni); "President Obama should return to his community-organizing roots and remember the importance of leveraging diversity to solve problems" (Brooks)
Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, February 7, 2012

One Town’s War on Gay Teens | Politics News | Rolling Stone

Posted by Michael Butler, Friday, February 3, 2012

NYT (9): National News

SuperPac secrecy - the spawn of Citizens United; Indiana gov signs "right to work" bill; Washington to become 7th state to approve same-sex marriage; Keystone pipeline is central to GOP economic argument; Three states order insurers to have climate change responses; Despite directive, pot arrests are up again in NYC; "Pink ribbon" breast cancer org finds itself red-faced as it ends funding for Planned Parenthood; NRC rejects Indian Point fire safety plan; Company behind exchange students who filed lawsuit re working conditions is barred from further biz.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, February 2, 2012

NYT Editorial & Op-Eds (10)

"The system for reviewing presidential appointments is broken. Changing the rule is a risky course, but it is the only way to get the nation’s work done" (Editorial); "A student movement led by Camila Vallejo and centered on reforming Chile’s educational system is upending the society" (Guest Op-Ed); "Millions of children take drugs to help them pay attention — but do they really help?" (Guest Op-Ed); "Focusing on public expectations of privacy means that our rights change when technology does" (Guest Op-Ed); "While Cynthia Nixon’s critics have good reason to worry about how her words will be construed, they have no right to demand silence and conformity from her" (Bruni); "Would it be ethical to produce, or take, a drug that makes us more likely to help others?" (Guest Op-Ed); "What is it about runways that brings out the fire in our cool president?" (Dowd); "There is a big gap in how C.E.O.’s and political leaders look at the world" (Friedman); "The power of the state can crowd out other forms of community" (Douthat); "Religious people are more likely to donate to charity" (Guest Op-Ed)
Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, January 29, 2012

When gay is a choice – Love and Sex – Salon.com

Posted by Michael Butler, Wednesday, January 25, 2012

NYT (6): National News

NYT coverage of the SOTU; Indiana dems pull a "Wisconsin," disappear for anti-union vote; Kelly reverses himself, says he helped on NYPD anti-Muslim video (!); Is Obama plan for new task force on financial fraud a nod to the Occupy movement?; Christie will veto same-sex marriage bill, wants issue brought directly to voters; Oscar nominations are released.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Wednesday, January 25, 2012

NYT (3): National News

Illinois bishops shutter programs rather than conform to anti-gay bias laws; Muslims to boycott Bloomberg interfaith breakfast over revelations of surveillance; Oakland's mayor just can't do anything right.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, December 29, 2011

NYT (5): Int’l Affairs

Russia cracks down on antigovernment protests; From Nice to New York, from OWS to Bill Gates, Ralph Nader and Pope Benedict, "Robin Hood" tax gains traction; U.S. to "export" gay rights; Popular outrage grows in China re air pollution; Is Saudi Arabia going nuclear?
Posted by Ian Alterman, Wednesday, December 7, 2011

NYT (13): National News

Blacks hit hardest by lack of public sector jobs; Increase in "near poor" means increase in line for free school lunches; Support for TP is waning; Barney Frank will retire; Cain may throw in the towel; Judge rejects settlement agreement b/w SEC and Citigroup; Suit to void NYS marriage act can go forward; SCOTUS to hear fairness in sentencing re crack vs. powder cocaine; FTC settles privacy issue with Facebook; NY City Council to sue Bloomberg over noxious rule re homeless; Jackson doctor gets four years; Ken Russell dies.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Wednesday, November 30, 2011

NYT Editorial & Op-Eds (3)

"The N.Y.P.D.’s guidelines prohibit interfering with news-gathering activity. The department seems to have forgotten that during Occupy Wall Street protests" (Editorial); "It’s time for another meeting of the Republican Presidential Book Club. And lucky for you readers, Ron Paul has written a ton of stuff!" (Collins); "A new film on J. Edgar Hoover is a reminder that his persecution of gay people destroyed thousands of lives and careers" (Guest Op-Ed)
Posted by Ian Alterman, Saturday, November 26, 2011

NYT (2): National News

Prop 8 is back, as judge allows challenge by supporters; With Romney as afterthought, Mormon church undertakes massive media campaign to soften image.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, November 18, 2011

NYT Editorials & Op-Eds (11)

"Super PACs for individual candidates brazenly violate the law, but the practice is growing. The Justice Department should pursue criminal complaints" (Editorial); "There has been progress, but this remains a country where discrimination against gays is enshrined in most state constitutions" (Editorial); "To follow the [OWS] protests forward, The Times can start by looking back" (Brisbane); "As before in history, the moment has arrived when people just can’t take it anymore" (Guest Op-Ed); "Another bombing in a long series of cartoon-incited violence focused attention on why the sketches prompt such reactions" (Navasky); "Today’s ideal social form is not the commune or the movement or even the individual creator as such. It’s the small business" (Guest Op-Ed); "The Salt Lake City empire of corporate greed has little of its founder’s vision" (Bloom); "Recently discovered offshore energy reserves are spurring efforts to dominate the sea" (Guest Op-Ed); "The global movement against human trafficking is making progress. In Cambodia, I followed one of my heroes, Somaly Mam, in a raid on a brothel with under-age girls" (Kristof); "With potentates and candidates, rules and decorum fall by the wayside" (Bruni); "Clint Eastwood growls: Go ahead. Make my gay" (Dowd)
Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, November 13, 2011

NYT Editorials & Op-Eds (6)

"The Occupy Wall Street protest continues to spread. The progress is heartening for all Americans suffering lost opportunity" (Editorial); "The need for repeal of the unjust Defense of Marriage Act has long been clear, and more recent examples should give a Senate committee motivation to act" (Editorial); "When the governor of Arizona led fellow Republicans to oust the chairwoman of the legislative redistricting commission, reform for fairer elections was blatantly undermined" (Editorial); "Herman Cain isn’t a regular candidate, and this isn’t a regular race" (Blow); "One expert’s data-driven approach to the housing crisis makes it clear that mortgage modifications that reduce principal are the only thing that will work" (Nocera); "Gov. Rick Perry is getting a lot of grief over the free flights in private jets he’s received. But who could blame him? We’re talking the envy of all rich-people perks!" (Collins)
Posted by Ian Alterman, Saturday, November 5, 2011

NYT Op-Eds & Letters (6)

"Instead of importing so many fruits and vegetables, let's grow them" (Bittman); "The quest to legalize same-sex marriage has met particular resistance from African-Americans" (Bruni); "The most troubling problems that leave many Americans at a disadvantage have gotten lost in the debate over the top 1 percent of earners vs. the bottom 99 percent" (Brooks); "European leaders have focused on treating the symptoms of what ails the common currency, rather than the disease itself" (Guest Op-Ed); "Herman Cain’s media narrative: from 'is he legitimate?' to 'will this ruin his legitimacy?'" (Dowd); "The Road Ahead for Occupy Wall Street" (Letters)
Posted by Ian Alterman, Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Gay troops to file suit challenging Defense of Marriage Act – The Washington Post

Posted by Michael Butler, Thursday, October 27, 2011

End of the Ex-Gay Movement? – Print View – The Daily Beast

Posted by Michael Butler, Friday, October 14, 2011

NYT (8): National News

As OWS finds mainstream media "legs," Bloomberg says protesters must vacate - temporarily - for park clean-up; After 5-year stand-off, trade deals are passed with South Korea, Colombia, Panama; Forget Citizens United - this election ad situation may be bigger!; SCOTUS takes up strip-searching of alleged criminals; Disabled vet sues for benefits denied due to same-sex marriage; Four NYS GOP senators reap benefit of support of same-sex marriage; Harrisburg, PA files for bankruptcy.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, October 13, 2011

NYT Editorial & Op-Eds (9)

"The protesters’ message is about an economy that is not working for most Americans. The problem is that no one in Washington has been listening" (Editorial); "Who can’t America kill? For the news media, it should be intolerable that the question goes unanswered" (Brisbane); "If the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street are both anti-elite, why can’t they just get along?" (Gitlin); "Even when unemployment was very high during the Depression, we were making great technological progress. Now, we suffer from stagnation in business and education" (Leonhardt); "Every president since Gerald Ford has had to weigh the consequences of the Vietnam defeat when he considers committing troops to war" (Guest Op-Ed); "What happens when another country follows America's example [by using drones to conduct war]?" (Guest Op-Ed); "With minimal international attention, Portugal — tiny, overwhelmingly Roman Catholic Portugal — legalized same-sex marriage last year" (Bruni); "Sexual violence is a public health crisis in parts of Africa and much of the world" (Kristof)
Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, October 9, 2011

NYT Op-Eds (5)

"Should religious belief be allowed to trump public responsibility?" (Greenhouse); "Crisis pregnancy centers portray themselves as nonpartisan health and counseling clinics, but they push a political agenda on vulnerable women" (Guest Op-Ed); "Many Republican politicians — and not a few Democrats, too — use the bogeyman of border violence to justify exorbitant security measures, like the ever-growing border fence" (Guest Op-Ed); "By isolating his country and expanding settlements, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel is undermining the peace process and his country’s future" (Kristof); "It’s only October. We can’t be down to a race only between Romney and Obama. Hello, Gov. Butch Otter! Hello, Gov. Jack Dalrymple!" (Collins)
Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, October 6, 2011

NYT (4): National News

Health insurers raising premiums in advance of Obamacare; A test case on religious rights vs. gay rights re gay marriage; Student knowledge of civil rights history is lagging; Major listeria outbreak from cantaloupe kills 13.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Wednesday, September 28, 2011

NYT (8): National News

Unions find silver lining in Citizens United; Obama seeks to make "no jobless need apply" illegally discriminatory; Sun belt, not Rust belt, hit hardest in recession; Reading, PA beats out Flint, MI as poorest city in U.S.; Koch, Langone, Singer push for Christie prez run; Facebook starts a PAC; Re Occupy Wall Street, is the NYPD good at the big things but bad at the small?; and online retailers get flack for anti-gay aid.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Washington Post – Early Lessons Forgotten, AIDS Conference Told

Posted by Bill Swiggard, Sunday, September 25, 2011