Doug Ireland, a longtime Nation contributor who lived in France for a
decade, can be reached through his blog, Direland.
Twenty-seven years ago, Bella Abzug introduced the first comprehensive gay civil rights bill in the history of the Congress.
President Dubya loves to crusade against the “axis of evil” in his war on terrorism–but he formed an unholy alliance with the countries that make up the “axis” to declare war on the condom as a