“Some people involved in gay rights efforts tried to tell Taylor she was wasting her time. Iowa was, they told her, a conservative, religious state in America's rural heartland, and the effort was better concentrated on the more liberal coasts. "There were many people telling us we were crazy," she said, "that we were foolhardy even thinking of filing a case, and that we might create a backlash." But as she immersed herself in Iowa's politics and history, she learned about its progressive past, including how the Hawkeye State was a pioneer in school desegregation, the first to admit a woman to its bar, and among the earliest to allow interracial marriage.” Keith B. Richburg
How Gays Won a Marriage Victory - For 7 Years, Activists Eyed a Seemingly Unlikely Target: Iowa By Keith B. Richburg. Copyright by The Washington Post. Wednesday, April 15, 2009; Page A01 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/14/AR2009041403455.html?wpisrc=newsletter&wpisrc=newsletter&wpisrc=newsletter
International
N Korea to restart nuclear arms plant By Christian Oliver in Seoul. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 14 2009 05:57 | Last updated: April 14 2009 12:14. North Korea on Tuesday vowed to expand its nuclear weapons work and restart a reactor capable of producing weapons-grade plutonium, retaliating more provocatively than expected against UN condemnation of its recent rocket launch. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6f24e02c-28ac-11de-8dbf-00144feabdc0.html
Russia signals intent to borrow abroad By Catherine Belton in Moscow. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 14 2009 12:36 | Last updated: April 14 2009 13:19. Russia could borrow on international markets for the first time in a decade next year, Alexei Kudrin, the Russian finance minister said, as the government seeks ways to fund looming budget deficits and help heavily indebted companies raise money. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/09938aa2-28e7-11de-bc5e-00144feabdc0.html
Thailand descends into chaos By Tim Johnston in Bangkok. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 12 2009 09:42 | Last updated: April 13 2009 19:39 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7f4c2454-273c-11de-9b77-00144feabdc0.html
U.S. Captain Held by Pirates Is Freed By R.M. SCHNEIDERMAN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 12, 2009. Richard Phillips, the captain of an American cargo ship held hostage by armed Somali pirates for more than four days, was freed on Sunday after three of his captors were killed, government and shipping officials said. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/13/world/africa/13pirates.html?_r=1&hp
An Early Military Victory for Obama By Michael D. Shear. Copyright by The Washington Post. Monday, April 13, 2009; Page A09. It was one of the earliest tests of the new American president -- a small military operation off the coast of a Third World nation. But as President Bill Clinton found out in October 1993, even minor failures can have long-lasting consequences. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/12/AR2009041203002.html?wpisrc=newsletter&wpisrc=newsletter
Pirates nervous as Obama vows to crack down By Robert Wright, Transport Correspondent and Demetri Sevastopulo. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009
Published: April 13 2009 19:14 | Last updated: April 13 2009 22:10 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/897b6006-2850-11de-8dbf-00144feabdc0.html
RPT-Q&A-Who are the Somali pirates? By Andrew Cawthorne. Copyright by Reuters. Sun Apr 12, 2009 10:02pm BST. NAIROBI, April 12 (Reuters) - It took the capture and rescue five days later of an American hostage to draw world attention back to the long-running phenomenon of Somali piracy. http://uk.reuters.com/article/africaCrisis/idUKLC335689
Another U.S. Cargo Ship Escapes Somali Pirate Attack By Stephanie McCrummen. Copyright by The Washington Post. Wednesday, April 15, 2009; 9:32 AM http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/14/AR2009041400194.html?hpid=topnews
Washington steps up Mexico drug war help By Andrew Ward and Daniel Dombey in Washington. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 16 2009 21:13 | Last updated: April 17 2009 01:42 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/50c5399e-2ac1-11de-8415-00144feabdc0.html
Obama to Push to Ratify Treaty on Gun Trafficking By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: April 16, 2009. MEXICO CITY — President Obama, seeking to send a strong signal that he is committed to stopping the rising tide of cross-border drug violence, will announce on Thursday that he is pressing the Senate to ratify a decade-old arms treaty intended to curb the flow of guns and ammunition to drug cartels, a senior administration official said. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/17/world/americas/17prexy.html?ref=global-home
Obama Lifts Some Restrictions on Cuba By Michael D. Shear. Copyright by The Washington Post. April 13, 2009. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/04/13/obama_to_lift_cuba_travel_rest.html?hpid=topnews
Clinton says US ready to speak to Cuba © Reuters Limited. April 17, 2009 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8f76101c-2ae1-11de-8415-00144feabdc0.html
China
Beijing struggles to prop up growth By Jamil Anderlini in Beijing. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 16 2009 03:34 | Last updated: April 16 2009 19:12. China’s economy grew at an annual rate of 6.1 per cent in the first quarter – its slowest pace since quarterly gross domestic product data was first published in 1992 – as Beijing struggled to prop up activity in the face of the global crisis. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/eedcd1c0-2a2e-11de-9d01-00144feabdc0.html
China property prices ‘likely to halve’ By Jamil Anderlini in Beijing. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 13 2009 10:39 | Last updated: April 13 2009 18:19. Property prices in China are likely to halve over the next two years, a top government researcher has predicted in a powerful signal that the country’s economic downturn faces further challenges despite recent positive data. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9a36b342-280e-11de-8dbf-00144feabdc0.html
Mess-o-potamia
Financial Times Editorial Comment: Time for Turkey to try quiet diplomacy. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 12 2009 18:57 | Last updated: April 12 2009 18:57. President Barack Obama’s visit to Turkey last week – towards the end of his first big international trip – paid a handsome compliment to the country’s growing influence in international affairs. Under the administration of George W. Bush, relations between Washington and Ankara slipped badly, not least because Turkey refused to support the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. But Mr Obama’s state visit may have marked a turning point. The US president underlined Turkey’s importance as a bridge between the Islamic world and the west. He made clear that Turkey had a role as a negotiator between Israel and the Arab world. He voiced, too, the hope that Turkey would one day join the European Union. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cc820982-2787-11de-9b77-00144feabdc0.html
Turning Tables, U.S. Troops Ambush Taliban With Swift and Lethal Results By C. J. CHIVERS. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 16, 2009. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/17/world/asia/17afghan.html?th&emc=th
Pakistan approves sharia law in Swat valley By Farhan Bokhari in Islamabad. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 14 2009 08:50 | Last updated: April 14 2009 08:50 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/114dfbd2-28c5-11de-bc5e-00144feabdc0.html
National
The First Puppy Makes a Big Splash - Bo, the Portuguese Water Dog, Is All Over the Web Before His Official Debut By Manuel Roig-Franzia. Copyright by The Washington Post. Sunday, April 12, 2009; Page A01. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/11/AR2009041102484.html?hpid=artslot
Give-and-Take With Emanuel Advances President's Agenda - Lawmakers Respond to Improved Access to White House By Shailagh Murray. Copyright by The Washington Post. Monday, April 13, 2009; Page A01. As the House and Senate debated the budget earlier this month, Rahm Emanuel's spacious West Wing office took on the feel of a legislative bazaar. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/12/AR2009041202629.html?wpisrc=newsletter&wpisrc=newsletter
Financial Times Editorial Comment: Mending America’s broken tax code. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 13 2009 19:16 | Last updated: April 13 2009 19:16. The approach of tax-filing day on April 15 invariably lowers spirits in the United States. Many taxpayers expect a refund when they have finished their calculations, but even this does little to improve the mood. The system’s surreal complexity is enough to defeat candidates for senior positions in the Treasury, let alone Joe the Plumber. Struggling with it arouses the suspicion that the income tax code is chiefly an instrument of political repression – a reminder of who is in charge. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c3b3e2ba-2856-11de-8dbf-00144feabdc0.html
Obama hints at hopes for recovery By Krishna Guha and Edward Luce in Washington. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 14 2009 13:55 | Last updated: April 15 2009 00:24. President Barack Obama said on Tuesday that aggressive efforts to boost the US economy were starting to bear fruit, even though the recession would cause more pain this year. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/10f7fa3e-28f2-11de-bc5e-00144feabdc0.html
A criminally stupid war on drugs in the US By Clive Crook. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 12 2009 17:41 | Last updated: April 12 2009 17:41. How much misery can a policy cause before it is acknowledged as a failure and reversed? The US “war on drugs” suggests there is no upper limit. The country’s implacable blend of prohibition and punitive criminal justice is wrong-headed in every way: immoral in principle, since it prosecutes victimless crimes, and in practice a disaster of remarkable proportions. Yet for a US politician to suggest wholesale reform of this brainless regime is still seen as an act of reckless self-harm. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e0234460-277d-11de-9b77-00144feabdc0.html
Number of Black Americans in State Prisons for Drug Offenses Declines By Darryl Fears. Copyright by The Washington Post. Tuesday, April 14, 2009; 2:00 PM http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/14/AR2009041401775.html?hpid=topnews
GOP Whacking
Parsing the Polls: Dick Cheney, Joe Biden and America's Safety. Copyright by The Washington Post. April 13, 2009. Expect new poll numbers out of CNN this afternoon to draw a huge amount of attention. Why? Because they provide strong empirical evidence that suggests most Americans do not agree with former vice president Dick Cheney's contention that the policies pursued by the Obama administration in its first 100 days "raise the risk to the American people of another attack." Asked whether Obama's policies had increased the chances of a terrorist attack or not, 26 percent said they had while 72 percent said they had not. Of that 26 percent who believe that the chances of a terrorist attack had increased under President Obama, 16 percent said it had increased "a lot" while ten percent said the chances had increased "a little http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/parsing-the-polls/parsing-the-polls-dick-cheney.html?hpid=topnews
Stewart rips Fox News ‘coverage’ of teabagging http://www.dailykostv.com/w/001188/
Colbert “recovering from a night of hard-core teabagging” http://www.dailykostv.com/w/001187/
Washington Post Editorial: Dealing With a Disgrace - President Obama strikes a wise balance in coming to terms with the torture of terrorism suspects. Copyright by The Washington Post. Friday, April 17, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/16/AR2009041603911.html
Administration: No Charges Over CIA's Enhanced Interrogation Techniques By Carrie Johnson. Copyright by The Washington Post. Thursday, April 16, 2009; 5:29 PM http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/16/AR2009041602768.html?hpid=topnews
Chicagoland
Cook County: Former Chicago City Hall official will succeed U.S. Rep.-elect Mike Quigley on Cook County Board. Quigley's chief of staff, Kimberly Walz, loses vote by North Side Democratic committeemen By Hal Dardick. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. April 12, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-quigley-replaced-12-apr12,0,4521065.story
Chicago Sun-Times Editorial - Sordid Dunnings debacle is another Stroger fiasco. Copyright by The Chicago Sun-Times . April 18, 2009. http://www.suntimes.com/news/commentary/1533019,CST-EDT-edit19a.articl
Your Lack of Money
US retail sales slide in March By Alan Rappeport in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 14 2009 14:23 | Last updated: April 14 2009 16:29. US retail sales fell in March, dashing recent hopes that consumer spending might finally be stabilising in the US as a savaged labour force continues to curb its spending. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/24079c14-2867-11de-8dbf-00144feabdc0.html
US prices drop for first time since 1955 By Alan Rappeport in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 15 2009 14:19 | Last updated: April 15 2009 14:47. Prices in the US declined in the year to March for the first time since 1955, the labour department said on Wednesday, easing fears that aggressive government stimulus measures could kick-start inflation. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/85117d2e-2932-11de-bc5e-00144feabdc0.html
Jobless put new slant on stress tests By Krishna Guha in Washington. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 17 2009 22:00 | Last updated: April 17 2009 23:01. Rising unemployment is prompting US authorities to consider taking a tougher stance in judging the results of bank stress tests, a development that ultimately could force leading financial groups to hold more capital. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ca1f86da-2b77-11de-b806-00144feabdc0.html
Wall St fears grow over stress test results By Francesco Guerrera and Edward Luce. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 17 2009 22:00 | Last updated: April 17 2009 22:00. With less than three weeks to go before Washington releases the results of its “stress tests” of the nation’s 19 largest banks, most of Wall Street appears to be in need of Prozac. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d780c91a-2b77-11de-b806-00144feabdc0.html
Financial Times Editorial Comment: Golden fetters. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 14 2009 20:05 | Last updated: April 14 2009 20:05. In a touching display that its freedom is (almost) not for sale, Goldman Sachs, the investment bank, pleased markets this week with a plan to exit the US troubled asset relief programme. The government should take note, and be worried. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1e3ebb64-2920-11de-bc5e-00144feabdc0.html
Goldman Sachs Announces First Quarter Profits of $1.8 Billion By Tomoeh Murakami Tse. Copyright by The Washington Post. Monday, April 13, 2009; 5:40 PM. NEW YORK - Goldman Sachs announced first quarter earnings this afternoon that were far better than analysts expected and said it would raise $5 billion through a stock offering in order to repay taxpayer funds. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/13/AR2009041301989.html?hpid=topnews
JPMorgan earns $2.1bn on record sales By Francesco Guerrera in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 16 2009 12:26 | Last updated: April 16 2009 19:02 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3055ce46-2a6f-11de-8415-00144feabdc0.html
Citi records first profit in six quarters By Adrian Cox, Investment Banking Correspondent. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 17 2009 12:37 | Last updated: April 17 2009 14:46. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bfb1f8da-2b41-11de-b806-00144feabdc0.html
Citi trade profitable but now tough to execute By Elinor Comlay and Dan Wilchins. Copyright by Reuters, 2009. Fri Apr 17, 2009 7:54pm EDT http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-CreditCrisis/idUSTRE53G5Y420090417
Regulators shut American Sterling Bank in Missouri and Great Basin Bank of Nevada. Copyright 2009 Associated Press. 10:48 PM CDT, April 17, 2009. http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-ap-bank-closures,0,296817.story
GE earns drop on continued finance unit woes, but results still top Wall St. expectations By STEPHEN MANNING. Copyright 2009 Associated Press. 2:56 PM CDT, April 17, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-ap-earns-general-electric,0,4460338.story
GE’s financial arm leads to earnings slide By Simone Baribeau in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 17 2009 12:54 | Last updated: April 17 2009 16:42 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a8a64b44-2b43-11de-b806-00144feabdc0.html
US housing starts fall 10.8% in March By Alan Rappeport in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 16 2009 15:43 | Last updated: April 16 2009 15:43 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/faa22722-2a91-11de-8415-00144feabdc0.html
General Growth files for Chapter 11 By Alan Rappeport and Nicole Bullock in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 16 2009 11:45 | Last updated: April 16 2009 19:51. General Growth Properties, the second-biggest US shopping mall owner, filed for bankruptcy on Thursday due to the collapse in commercial property prices. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/efac5866-2a72-11de-8415-00144feabdc0.html
Commodities
China Slows Purchases of U.S. and Other Bonds By KEITH BRADSHER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 12, 2009. HONG KONG — Reversing its role as the world’s fastest-growing buyer of U.S. Treasuries and other foreign bonds, the Chinese government actually sold bonds heavily in January and February before resuming purchases in March, according to data released this weekend by China’s central bank. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/13/business/global/13yuan.html?_r=1&ref=global-home
Housing
Selling a home will cost you a thumb(print) By Mary Umberger. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. April 12, 2009. If you're going to be selling your house in Cook County this summer, be sure to bring at least one thumb to the closing table. A new Illinois law that takes effect June 1 will require notaries who witness signatures at Cook County real estate closings to fingerprint home sellers as a way of documenting that they are who they say they are. http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/advice/chi-0412-umberger-columnapr12,0,1800746.column
GLBT
New York Times Editorial: New York’s Missing Civil Right. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 16, 2009. New York State, as Mayor Michael Bloomberg observed on Thursday, is where Susan B. Anthony began her struggle for women’s suffrage. It is the state where the N.A.A.C.P. was founded. Now New York can finally honor its historic commitment to personal freedoms by becoming the next state to end discrimination against civil marriage for same-sex couples. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/17/opinion/17fri4.html?th&emc=th
Paterson Introduces a Same-Sex Marriage Bill By JEREMY W. PETERS. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 16, 2009. Gov. David A. Paterson introduced a bill on Thursday to legalize same-sex marriage, vowing to personally involve himself in the legislative debate at a level that is rare for a chief executive in New York. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/17/nyregion/17marriage.html?th&emc=th
Illinois gays not betting on marriage - State's political realities steer gays to push for civil unions By Rex W. Huppke and Monique Garcia. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. April 14, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-gay-marriage-14-apr14,0,5378660.story
The Colbert Coalition's Anti-Gay Marriage Ad http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/17/the-colbert-coalitions-an_n_188124.html
Wrong on Gays in the Military By Jonathan Capehart. Copyright by The Washington Post. April 15, 2009; 5:16 PM ET. Alright, I've had it! Had it with the antiquated arguments against gays serving openly in the military espoused today on The Post’s Op Ed page by James J. Lindsay, Jerome Johnson, E.G. "Buck" Shuler Jr., and Joseph Went. Gay men and lesbians should be allowed to serve. They should be allowed to serve openly. And they should be allowed to serve with the honor and dignity such service entails http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2009/04/wrong_on_gays_in_the_military.html
Peoria gays react to unwelcome sign By Erika Slife. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. April 17, 2009. In bright yellow capital letters, the sign on the karaoke bar in downtown Peoria was clear: "WE ARE NOT A GAY BAR!!" http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-peoria-gay-bar-17apr17,0,7371226.story
Gays and lesbians confronting poverty By Amy Wooten. Copyright by The Chicago Free Press. April 15, 2009. http://www.chicagofreepress.com/node/3378
Immigration
New York Times Editorial: Immigration Reform and Hard Times. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 13, 2009. The Obama administration said last week that it would begin a major push for immigration reform this year. The country’s two big labor federations just announced that they are joining forces to support that effort, which includes a path to citizenship for undocumented workers. That’s double good news. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/14/opinion/14tue1.html?ref=opinion
Immigration Accord by Labor Boosts Obama Effort By JULIA PRESTON and STEVEN GREENHOUSE. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 13, 2009. The nation’s two major labor federations have agreed for the first time to join forces to support an overhaul of the immigration system, leaders of both organizations said on Monday. The accord could give President Obama significant support among unions as he revisits the stormy issue in the midst of the recession. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/14/us/14immig.html?_r=1&th&emc=th
Number of Children Born to Illegal Immigrants Grows Rapidly By N.C. Aizenman. Copyright by The Washington Post. Tuesday, April 14, 2009; 1:42 PM. The number of U.S.-citizen children born to illegal immigrants has dramatically increased over the past five years from 2.7 million in 2003 to 4 million in 2008, according to a study released today. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/14/AR2009041401433.html?hpid=topnews
Technical
Amazon Says Error Removed Listings By MOTOKO RICH. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 13, 2009. In response to nearly two days of angry online commentary, particularly on Twitter, Amazon.com said on Monday that “an embarrassing and ham-fisted cataloging error” had caused thousands of books on its site to lose their sales rankings and become harder to find in searches. A Twitter screen concerning Amazon. The subject was among the most popular on the site. Most of the company’s online critics complained that the problem appeared to have a disproportionate effect on gay and lesbian themed books, leading to cries of censorship. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/14/technology/internet/14amazon.html?th&emc=th
Google’s 11-year growth spurt ends By Richard Waters in San Francisco. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 16 2009 23:33 | Last updated: April 17 2009 02:04. Google’s revenues in the first three months of this year fell below the preceding quarter for the first time in the company’s history as the global recession brought an end to its unprecedented 11-year growth spurt. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/45ff773c-2ad4-11de-8415-00144feabdc0.html
Intel Says PC Sales Have Reached a Bottom and Forecasts Moderate Growth By MATT RICHTEL. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 14, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/15/technology/companies/15chip.html?_r=1&th&emc=th
Medical
Limited Federal Funds for Stem Cell Work Using Donated Embryos By Ceci Connolly. Copyright by The Washington Post. Friday, April 17, 2009; 12:51 PM http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/17/AR2009041701880.html?hpid=topnews
E.P.A. to Clear the Way for Regulation of Warming Gases By JOHN M. BRODER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 17, 2009. WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday formally declared carbon dioxide and five other heat-trapping gases to be pollutants that threaten public health and welfare, setting in motion a process that for the first time in the United States will regulate the gases blamed for global warming. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/18/science/earth/18endanger.html?_r=1&hp
Washington Post Editorial: AIDS at Home - The Obama administration starts to combat complacency in the United States. Copyright by The Washington Post. Tuesday, April 14, 2009; Page A16 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/13/AR2009041302442.html
Obama initiates HIV policy by Bob Roehr. Copyright by The Windy City Times. 2009-04-15. The Obama administration held a high-profile unveiling of a new HIV/AIDS public awareness campaign in part of the White House compound of buildings, on April 7. AIDS advocates were grateful for the symbolism of the event, which far outweighed the content of the program. http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=20909
A Policy Cocktail for Fighting HIV By Anthony S. Fauci. Copyright by The Washington Post. Thursday, April 16, 2009. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/15/AR2009041503040.html
Other
The Dream She Dreamed - Cheers for a Voice to Silence the Cynics By Jeanne McManus. Copyright by The Washington Post. Friday, April 17, 2009. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/16/AR2009041602419.html
Susan Boyle - Singer - Britains Got Talent 2009 (With Lyrics) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY
Much Ado About Nothing By Jon O'Brien, President, Catholics for a Free Choice. Copyright by Catholics for a Free Choice. April 17, 2009. As we approach the 100-day mark of Barack Obama’s presidency, we have seen several positive moves for sexual and reproductive health and rights. Conservatives, including the Catholic hierarchy and its right-wing allies, have been less impressed. They have, among other things, raised concerns about a number of issues, including: a yet-to-be-introduced bill that would help access to abortion; the easing of restrictions on stem-cell research and the advocacy activities of foreign NGOs; the proposed rescission of an unnecessarily restrictive refusal clause; several appointments to the new administration as well as President Obama’s invitation to speak at Notre Dame. http://www.catholicsforchoice.org/about/message/default.asp
Humor
'Big Bang's' success: It's not rocket science By Maria Elena Fernandez. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. April 12, 2009. LOS ANGELES—It makes absolute sense that the folks at the Apple store Genius Bar would freak out at the sight of the cast of "The Big Bang Theory." Or that thousands of fans would fill a room to spend time with them at the international comic book convention Comic-Con last summer in San Diego. But when the paparazzi of Mexico City went so berserk over the five actors during a promotional visit in December that they required an armed bodyguard, the young cast knew their little sitcom was turning into a sensation. http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/arts/chi-tc-arts-big-bang-0408-0412apr12,0,2408707.story
Conservative Campaign Organizers Have sex on their Brains http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/14/2m4m-4ever_n_186575.html
New! Carlos now has an online store. Order your books directly from Carlos and have them signed and dedicated.http://www.carlostmock.com/catalog/
In Pride (orgullo),
Carlos T. Mock, MD
www.carlostmock.com
Author: Borrowing Time: A Latino Sexual Odyssey - Floricanto Press 2003.
Nominated for a Stonewall Award by the American Library Association GLBT
Round Table.
Author: The Mosaic Virus – Floricanto Press 2007. Nominated for a Stonewall Award by the American Library Association GLBT Round Table, and a Lammie from The Lambda Literary Foundation
Author: Author: Papi Chulo – Floricanto Press 2007. Nominated for a Stonewall Award by the American Library Association GLBT Round Table, and a Lammie from The Lambda Literary Foundation
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