Nathaniel Frank Wins the Stonewall Book Award.
Today it was announced that Nathaniel Frank won the Stonewall Book Award-Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award for his book, Unfriendly Fire How the Gay Ban Undermines the Military and Weakens America. This was one of my favorite books of 2009 and I am delighted to see it getting the recognition it so richly deserved. Click here to read [...]
Now Make Him Do It
When Franklin Delano Roosevelt met with reformers in the Oval Office, he responded to their requests with three cryptic sentences: “I agree with you. I want to do it. Now make me do it.” This possibly apocryphal quotation has become something of a viral cliche. I only mention it because shortly after taking office President Obama posted [...]