TWO weeks ago, President Bush called for a long-term plan to increase the size of the armed forces. As our leaders consider various options for carrying out Mr. Bush’s vision, one issue likely to generate fierce debate is “don’t ask, don’t tell,” the policy that bars openly gay service members from the military. Indeed, leaders [...]
Archive for January 2nd, 2007
Second Thoughts on Gays in the Military
January 2, 2007What You Don’t Know You Know
January 2, 2007Even if you don’t know it, your brain clocks things like naked ladies and muggers at breakneck speed. Made you look! A naked body, flashed for an instant over on the left side of the screen, pulled your attention over there, didn’t it?OK, actually there was no image over there. But if this website had [...]
Most outrageous comments of 2006
January 2, 2007How extreme were conservative commentators in their remarks this year? How about calls to nuke the Middle East and an allegation that a “gay … mafia” used the congressional page program as its own “personal preserve.” Right-wing rhetoric documented by Media Matters for America included the nonsensical (including Rush Limbaugh’s claim that America’s “obesity crisis” [...]
