Yesterday’s Washington Post featured an editorial from four retired senior military officers supporting the congressional law known as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” The officers claim, “Polling by the Military Times of its active duty subscribers over the past four years indicates that 58 percent have consistently opposed repeal.” However this

While the most recent scientific poll conducted on the issue of gays in the military shows a supermajority of American’s supporting repeal of laws banning open service, there are still a few bigots who beleive allowing openly gay troops into the ranks will “break the All-Volunteer Force.” This week, Elaine

The release last week of a new report claiming 3% of all residents in the District of Columbia are HIV positive has sparked a rash of articles attempting to make sense of the news (including this particularly well written commentary). Some have focused on the fact that 3% probably underreports

Alex Knepper, over at Independent Gay Forum, has written an interesting thought piece on the relationship between classical liberalism and partisanship and, in the process, comes to some staggeringly unrealistic conclusions. Knepper’s thesis, “that the virtues of classical liberalism – individualism, self-reliance and a rejection of cultural relativism – help

Alex Knepper, over at Independent Gay Forum, has written an interesting thought piece on the relationship between classical liberalism and partisanship and, in the process, comes to some staggeringly unrealistic conclusions. Knepper’s thesis, “that the virtues of classical liberalism – individualism, self-reliance and a rejection of cultural relativism – help

When it comes to soap opera weddings few can compete with Luke and Laura’s nuptials, but ABC’s All My Children broke new ground today when characters Bianca and Reese were married in the first same-sex wedding ceremony ever broadcast on daytime television. Click here to watch a clip of the

A lawsuit filed by an ex-girlfriend of former Mets second baseman, Roberto Alomar, claims that the former golden glove winner hid the fact that he was HIV positive and encouraged her to engage in unprotected sex during their relationship. However, once you get beyond the salacious headline, a whole series

It’s that simple folks. You elect a man who promises change and then watch as he sets out to deliver. Here is a link to the Obama transition team’s web site. Listen as Robert Gibbs answers questions submitted by Americans on a range of issues, including repeal of “Don’t Ask,

This morning, a lot of people are making hay out of the fact that the apparent nominee for Surgeon General is a former newscaster and minor celebrity in the world of cable news outlets. To counter these attacks Obama aides and Gupta defenders point out that Dr. Gupta is a

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell today called on Congress to review “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” An architect of the original law, Powell’s opinion is widely regarded as a barometer of the law’s future. When asked by CNN reporter Fareed Zakaria about his association to the law banning openly gay,