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The New Gay Strategy

"They Won't Know What Hit Them [http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200703/tim-gill] ." That's the title of a scary piece at The Atlantic Monthly. Summary: Led by wealthy homosexual Tim Gill, some very rich homosexuals and homosexual sympathizers have come up with a new

Politicians Mowing the Lawn

The new issue of The Atlantic Monthly came yesterday. It looks alright, perhaps a little sub-par compared to most issues. It has some good stuff, though, like this funny re-run of P.J. O'Rourke's views on politicians [http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200610/150-politics/8]. Excerpt:

Barnes on Media

The most-recent issue of Imprimis has a good account by Fred Barnes of mainstream media bias. Link [http://www.hillsdale.edu/imprimis/]. Excerpts: > President Bush is similarly treated as someone who is obsessive about his religion. And what does he do? Well, he reads a devotional every day; he

The Gay Landscape

Benjamin Wittes writes in The Atlantic Monthly about the current pink battle waging in the states about gay marriage. Subscriber-only link [http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200605/gay-marriage]. I disagree with Wittes' views that color his "facts" a little, but overall, he does a nice job of

Trash Science

> Remember the whiny, insecure kid in nursery school, the one who always thought everyone was out to get him, and was always running to the teacher with complaints? Chances are he grew up to be a conservative. > At least, he did if he was one of 95 kids

Leno

I voted for Bush twice, but Leno slayed me with this one: "Mexican President Vicente Fox announced that they have discovered oil under the Gulf of Mexico. In a related story, President Bush accused Mexico of having weapons of mass destruction."

It's the Dead Babies

Joseph Bottum talks about Republican many problems and the Democrats' big one: abortion. Good stuff [http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/]. Excerpt: > And the trouble is abortion, for the Democrats are pinned by it. Although NARAL may have an ordained Methodist minister to act as its official chaplain, there

Hot Blooded in Spain

> There were massacres of Catholic clergy and churches, monasteries and convents were burned with severe impact to the rich Spanish historical and artistic heritage. Twelve bishops, 283 nuns 2,365 monks and 4,184 priests were murdered That's from Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Civil_

Cuomos and the Homos

> Hoping to boost his support in the gay community, attorney-general hopeful Andrew Cuomo picked up the endorsement of City Council Speaker Christine Quinn. > "We could do no better in the lesbian and gay community than having Andrew Cuomo in this job," Quinn said during a press

Caligula?

> The Spanish Prime Minister, JosÃ© Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has been compared to the Roman Emperor Caligula by a leading Catholic Bishop over Spain's legalisation of same-sex marriage. > In a vicious personal attack on the Prime Minister, Bishop Antonio Algora told Spanish newspapers, "If Zapatero wants