Holding the Center: National Politics

Holding the Center

National Politics


  • Grace under fire 01/17/11
  • Now comes the fun part 01/04/11
  • Banner day 12/23/10
  • Firing blanks on DADT repeal 12/09/10
  • Generations 11/22/10
  • We Fight On 11/10/10
  • Cutting off our nose 10/28/10
  • Accomplices 10/11/10
  • D.C., if Congress flips 09/16/10
  • Redemption 08/31/10
  • In the same boat 08/19/10
  • Prick Up Your Enthusiasm 08/05/10
  • The court of public opinion 07/07/10
  • Acting like winners 06/10/10
  • Get rational 04/26/10
  • The legitimacy lie 04/12/10
  • The HRC-bashing diversion 03/29/10
  • Turning the Tables 11/12/09
  • An Opening Against the Right 10/29/09
  • Street vs. Suite 10/15/09
  • Diversity's Dinosaurs 10/01/09
  • Ripeness Is All 08/20/09
  • Attitude Adjustment 08/06/09
  • Pulling Together 07/23/09
  • Making Politics Work 07/09/09
  • Putting Anger to Work 06/25/09
  • Pro-gay, pro-choice 06/11/09
  • Captive Audience 05/28/09
  • Strange Fruit 04/30/09
  • Marriage Turns a Corner 04/16/09
  • Tax Dollars for Tyrants 03/19/09
  • State of the Union 02/19/09
  • Small things, big moment 01/22/09
  • Dancing with Obama 01/08/09
  • Leading Authority 12/04/08
  • Planning to Win 11/20/08
  • The Work Goes On 11/06/08
  • Countdown 10/23/08
  • Partisan Hero 10/09/08
  • Stay and Fight 09/25/08
  • Obamaphobia 09/11/08
  • Media Muddle 08/28/08
  • Guarding Our Gains 07/31/08
  • Cross-Border Skirmishes 06/19/08
  • A Day at the Circus 06/05/08
  • Equal Protection Victory 05/22/08
  • Coming Unglued 04/10/08
  • False Narratives 02/28/08
  • Syringes and Spine 02/14/08
  • Going for Obama 01/29/08
  • Three unwise men 12/13/07
  • A cure for what doesn’t ail me 12/06/07
  • Withdrawal symptoms 11/29/07
  • ENDA: a step forward 11/15/07
  • Red October 10/25/07
  • ENDAgate 10/18/07 (revised from 10/11/07)
  • A Bipartisan Marriage Fight 09/27/07
  • Mike Rogers and the Ethics of Outing 09/13/07
  • Reframing Public Morality 09/06/07
  • The Poltroon and the Groom 08/30/07
  • Breakfast with an Authoritarian 08/23/07
  • Ohio Ruling Narrows Marriage Amendment 08/02/07
  • A Turning Tide on Junk Science 07/26/07
  • June Wedding Jangle 06/28/07
  • Advance Guards of Unreality 06/14/07
  • When Marriage Panic Fizzles 05/31/07
  • The Round Mound of Profound 05/17/07
  • Crosscurrents in 2008 05/03/07
  • Contending with Hate Crimes 04/19/07
  • Gay Rights or America-Bashing? 04/05/07
  • A history sobering and stirring 02/08/07
  • In Appreciation: Robert F. Drinan, S.J., 1920 – 2007 02/01/07
  • The race is on! 01/25/07
  • Ghosts of Christmas Present 12/21/06
  • For the Fallen: a Vigil and a Duty 12/07/06
  • A Watershed Election 11/23/06
  • The 'Let the People Vote' Fallacy 11/16/06
  • Keeping Our Eyes Open 10/26/06
  • Stay Vigilant, Vote Democratic 09/28/06
  • Gay Families’ Quiet Revolution 08/31/06
  • First Amendment, Last in Our Hearts 08/17/06
  • A manifesto for everything and nothing 08/03/06
  • The Families We're Fighting For 06/15/06
  • Love and the Border Crossing 05/18/06
  • Unreasonable Expectations 05/04/06
  • Defending Our Gay Warriors 04/20/06
  • On Marriage, Don't Unite—Coordinate 03/02/06
  • Coretta Scott King's Challenging Legacy 02/02/06
  • The Queer Left's Palestinian Folly 02/02/06
  • Fighting the Holy War 01/26/06
  • Queer Posturing, Brainless Boycott 01/19/06
  • A feel for the game 01/12/06
  • Integrating the Coalition 08/11/05
  • A Dream in Black and Tan 01/27/05
  • Where Do We Go From Here? 12/02/04
  • Marriage Is Radical Enough 05/26/04
  • Misplaced Priorities: NGLTF fails fight for gay marriage due to race issues (Metro Weekly) 05/13/04
  • The Gay Front in the War for Religious Freedom 04/01/04
  • Bush's Backfire (Salon.com) 03/02/04
  • Panther Division (profile of Malik Zulu Shabazz) 02/09/04
  • Marxism's Queer Harvest 01/15/04
  • Our Struggle for Love 12/08/03
  • A March in the Wrong Direction 08/30/03
  • Marriage foes divorce reality 07/25/03
  • Let’s admit we’re winning 07/04/03
  • Taking It to Conservatives 05/09/03
  • No Safe Space for Racialism 11/21/02
  • A Tradition of Fighting Back 10/25/02
  • Adventures in the Race Trade 04/01/02
  • Freedom Worth Defending: Gay Politics After September 11 01/07/02
  • An Open Letter to the Vicar 08/13/98
  • Federal Intrusions and the Gay Community 10/18/97
  • NAMBLA: Out of the Movement's Bounds 02/17/94
  • Confessions of a 'Collaborator' 11/01/91
  • 1993 March: the Case Against Quotas 09/06/91


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