About Jamie Kirchick
The Gay Community Needs to Calm Down About Rick Warren
Hell hath no fury like a homosexual seemingly scorned. That seems to be the lesson learned by the media in the immediate aftermath of Barack Obama’s announcement that he will have Rick Warren – pastor of the 20,000-member Saddleback megachurch … Read More
New York Times Fact-Checkers Drop the Ball on Lieberman
The New York Times featured a profile of Senator Joe Lieberman on Monday, in which, predictably, a bunch of unnamed political hacks huff and puff and vent their rage at the Connecticut Senator and the Vice Presidential nominee of the … Read More
Bobby Fischer “a Hero,” Ron Paul’s Newsletter Once Said
On September 11, 2001, the world champion chess player Bobby Fischer had this to say: This is all wonderful news…I applaud the act. The U.S. and Israel have been slaughtering the Palestinians, just slaughtering them for years. Robbing them and … Read More
A Short History of Kwanzaa
Slate has republished a 2005 essay by Melonyce McAfee in praise of Kwanzaa. Acknowledging that the holiday is "made-up" (without really getting into what this means), McAfee nonetheless concludes that her mother's decision to celebrate it was a positive one … Read More
The Good Tutu
Just a few weeks ago, I criticized Desmond Tutu for one of his chronically outrageous statements about the Middle East. Of more interest to me, however, was that many use the "he's Desmond Tutu" line as if it that were … Read More
Stop Making Sense
With boy pundit Matthew Yglesias, it's difficult to discern where the attempt at serious political analysis ends and sheer buffoonery begins. Or, perhaps I mean where the sheer buffoonery ends and the attempt at serious political analysis begins. The dilemma … Read More
Escape from Gay Island
Last weekend at an impossibly crowded Manhattan gay night club — the Britney loud, the heat unbearable, but the boys beautiful — I remarked to a friend that it felt like being in a concentration camp. I was reminded of … Read More
Hollow Criticism from Boyd and Yglesias
Sam Boyd has issued a lengthy non-response response to my post criticizing his calling Ayaan Hirsi Ali, in my mind (and in the minds of many others) "The Bravest, Most Remarkable Woman of Our Times," a "dangerous fanatic." However, he … Read More
Rosie O’Donell: Bad For The Gays (And Everyone Else, Too)
Over the summer, I implored "Old Rosie" to come back. You remember her: "The Queen of Nice" who shot Koosh balls into her studio audience. The closest we ever came to learning about her sex life (thankfully), was her ridiculous … Read More
Schumer’s Strategy
Ruminating to the New York Observer about his party's prospects come 2008, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chairman Chuck Schumer dropped this prediction: Bombing Iran, says Chuck Schumer, would be a big political loser for Republican candidates in 2008. “It would … Read More