Opinion
Gay PW writer wins the wine at Yale reunion storyfest
June 9, 2016"This story," I said, "goes a little beyond quirky. Maybe kinky is the more appropriate word." I set the scene in the dark shadows of AIDS in mid-80s NYC.
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Corey Stewart, Trump’s man in Virginia, promises hell for undocumented immigrants
June 8, 2016The xenophobic bloviator has already done some damage in Prince William County. Now he wants to be governor.
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What we talk about when we talk about socialism
June 8, 2016Since Marx and Engels pinned the adjective "scientific" to socialism, we have toggled between the burden of Utopia and the urgency of fighting for justice.
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Clinton and Trump point America in two very different directions
June 7, 2016This election is less a choice about personality than about direction, less about individuals than about movements.
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The Champ’s greatest battle: The fight for peace
June 6, 2016I would like to take this opportunity to put in a word for what I think was Muhammad Ali's greatest fight of all - his relentless fight for peace.
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