Iran and Gay Rights Iran and Gay Rights
Last year I wrote a long article on the execution of two teenage boys in Mashhad and the firestorm that erupted when they were identified by some gay activists and bloggers as &quo...
Jul 19, 2006 / The Notion / Richard Kim
The People Versus AIDS The People Versus AIDS
If the United Nations is to keep its promise to grant people with AIDS universal access to treatment by 2010, it will be because activists are holding world leaders accountable.
Jun 21, 2006 / Editorial / Richard Kim
All the Gossip That’s Fit to Print All the Gossip That’s Fit to Print
When the New York Times redesigned its website, I started to worry -- so dumbed down, so much white space, so many bells and whistles. Was the Times having another identity crisis ...
Apr 10, 2006 / The Notion / Richard Kim
Marriage Myopia Marriage Myopia
If you want to see the pathologies plaguing the gay marriage movement in action, you need look no farther than this article penned by Jasmyne Cannick. Titled "Gays First, Then...
Apr 6, 2006 / The Notion / Richard Kim
The Empire Strikes Back The Empire Strikes Back
I've long thought that the anti-war left makes a mountain out of a moron when they bend over backwards to praise right-wing ideologues who now criticize the Iraq war. Still, it's b...
Apr 4, 2006 / The Notion / Richard Kim
Bernard-Henri Levy Live! Bernard-Henri Levy Live!
On behalf of all the angry Nation readers who protested Bernard-Henri Levy's "Letter to the American Left," I wish I had had a pie -- or at least Levy antagonist and pie-...
Mar 27, 2006 / The Notion / Richard Kim
Crash: Worst Movie of the Year Crash: Worst Movie of the Year
As a film studies major I've been trained to sit through any cinematic experience -- from Andy Warhol's 8-hour long Empire (yes, 8 consecutive hours of the Empire State Building in...
Mar 6, 2006 / The Notion / Richard Kim
Harper’s Publishes AIDS Denialist Harper’s Publishes AIDS Denialist
The latest issue of Harper's Magazine contains a stunning 15-page article by well-known AIDS denialist Celia Farber (formerly of Spin magazine) that extensively repeats UC Berkeley...
Mar 2, 2006 / The Notion / Richard Kim
Go FOIA Yourself Go FOIA Yourself
The folks at People For the American Way have set up this handy website that practically writes a FOIA request for you. All you have to do is print and fax. Of course, whether and ...
Mar 1, 2006 / The Notion / Richard Kim
The Military’s Gay Porn Problem The Military’s Gay Porn Problem
February has been a very queer month for the US military. Early this month, the Defense Department admitted (in a letter to the Senate Armed Services Committee) that its TALON (Th...
Feb 27, 2006 / The Notion / Richard Kim