Current Affairs

A handful of writers I respect--and many that I don't--say Cuba is a fine place. Poor, but happy. And then I remember the waves of refugees that have repeatedly peaked during the past thirty years, and I just don't get it. The place must

I've been seeing a lot of news stories about the "radical right's" boycott of pro-gay, pro-feminist, pro-abortion companies. The stories don't usually mention that there's been a similar effort among the "radical right's"

> MPs in the Baltic state of Latvia have passed a constitutional amendment ensuring that gay couples cannot marry. . . . > Members of Parliament said they were concerned that since Latvia has joined the European Union, EU laws will enable gay people to gain rights including the right to marry. But

> Most and possibly all of the human embryonic stem cell cultures reportedly made by a South Korean research team this year were fake, a member of the team told Korean news outlets yesterday. WaPo Link [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/15/AR2005121502243.html] . This

In his column this morning, George Will writes about drilling in Alaska. WaPo Link [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/14/AR2005121401933.html] . He makes this funny, but helpful, observation: > For some people, environmentalism is collectivism in drag. Such people use environmental causes and rhetoric

Ford to renew commitment to stand behind gays. WaPo Link [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/14/AR2005121402361.html] . > Ford Motor Co. yesterday said it will resume advertising Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles in gay-themed publications, following an outpouring of fury from gay groups

The whole idea of face transplant surgery is eerie, and it got off to an even eerier start with last month's first successful one: > Among the most disturbing aspects of the debate are conflicting reports from doctors about whether the transplant was the result of two suicide

NYC has become a haven for late-term abortions (after 21 weeks). According to this article [http://newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/news/features/15249/index.html] in New York magazine, about 100 people are part of the "Haven Coalition," a group of volunteers that open their apartments to these

David Ignatius writes in this morning's WaPo: [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/13/AR2005121301512.html] > The shame for America isn't that we have tried to topple the rule of the assassins but that we have so far been unsuccessful. We