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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, 2012NYT (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, 2012NYT (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, 2011End of the Ex-Gay Movement? – Print View – The Daily Beast
Posted by Michael Butler, Friday, October 14, 2011NYT (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, 2011NYT (7): National News
Davis to be executed as GA denies clemency; As GOP stymies termporary economic bill over FEMA $, GOP candidates take aim at Dodd-Frank; Marines begin actively recruiting gays; Bad sign as Solyndra execs take the Fifth; Capital One defends offer for ING; First U.S. fur ban is in unlikely place - Hollywood.Posted by Ian Alterman, Wednesday, September 21, 2011
National News (9)
U.S. poverty at highest level in almost 20 years; Dems lose Weiner seat, but win all 6 other special elections; Warren will take on Brown in MA; NC to vote for same-sex marriage; CIA doing internal audit on legality of work with NYPD; After horrific crash, NTSB urges total cellphone ban for commercial drivers; Is Wal-Mart's new women-friendly program a PR move?; and a review of Michael Moore's new autobiography.Posted by Ian Alterman, Wednesday, September 14, 2011
NYT Editorial & Op-Eds (11)
"Religious leaders in Alabama have sued to block the state’s sweeping and punitive new immigration law" (Editorial); "International peace movements revived. Governments tried outlawing war (the 1928 Kellogg-Briand Pact is still on the books). Students held antiwar protests and signed pledges to refuse to fight. Peace advocates and statesmen wrestled to build the League of Nations. Time magazine chose Mohandas K. Gandhi man of the year in 1931. For a brief moment, pacifism seemed to be a driving force in international politics" (Guest Op-Ed); "America the broken" (Bruni); "To hear some of the G.O.P. presidential candidates talk, it would seem as if willful ignorance has become a litmus test" (Krugman); "Some points to keep in mind when asking politicians about faith" (Douthat); "In small-town Oregon, it’s easy to spot the country’s most pressing problem" (Kristof); "The revolutions of hope could give way to a cascade of sectarian conflicts" (Guest Op-Ed); "With the world experiencing so much change at once, will America get its act together?" (Friedman); "Why is the air-conditioning blasting in stores, airports and restaurants and at home?" (Guest Op-Ed); "Glitter bombing is the latest act of political theater from the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights movement" (Guest Op-Ed); "When you have a delusion that you’re Captain America, it’s easier to let yourself do things that hurt America" (Dowd)Posted by Ian Alterman, Monday, August 29, 2011
