Showing posts with label DADT. Show all posts
Showing posts with label DADT. Show all posts
Monday, December 26, 2011

In the News: The Kiss, the Newt, and Stinky Right-Wing Bedfellows of U.S. Catholic Bishops

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Tidbits of news from the past several days--items that caught my eye: 1. Truthdig gives its Truthdigger of the Week designation to...
Tuesday, September 20, 2011

DADT Ends: Celebrations, Unfinished Business

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The "don't ask, don't tell" ban on service by openly gay members of the military officially ended at midnight last ni...
Thursday, December 2, 2010

Gene Lyons on Mark Pryor and DADT: Determined To Be on the Wrong Side of History

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At Salon today, Arkansas journalist Gene Lyons talks about the obstinate determination of many Southern church folks to be on the wr...
Saturday, November 20, 2010

Chauncey DeVaga on DADT and the Guide to Command of Negro Naval Personnel

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Chauncey DeVaga with wise insights (rooted in the African-American experience of struggle against marginalization) into what the DADT deb...
Thursday, October 14, 2010

Gabriel Arana Calls Obama Administration's Bluff on Justification for Defending DADT

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At American Prospect , Gabriel Arana calls the Obama administration's bluff as it continues to try to justify slow-walking repeal of DA...
Tuesday, September 21, 2010

DADT Remains in Place: Arkansas Senators Pryor and Lincoln Vote with Republicans

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Just now seeing the news that my two "Democratic" senators Mark Pryor and Blanche Lincoln voted with the Republican bigots in t...
Friday, September 17, 2010

In the News: DADT, The Centrist Game, and the Papal Spectacle in Britain

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Several news items that catch my eye as this week ends: First, a good editorial in today's New York Times calling for the Obama adm...
Thursday, June 11, 2009

If Not Now, When? Progressive Change and the Problem Posed by the Democrats

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Yesterday, I used Gustav Hofer and Luca Ragazzi’s powerful documentary “Suddenly, Last Summer” to examine dysfunctional political (and ethi...