Jesse Helms and Homosexuality
"We can envision another Helms Amendment, calling
for the repeal of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution,
the one that forbids slavery. And if his belief in the Bible
is as powerful as he claims, and if he truly wants to
punish the wicked of the world,
Helms Amendment #2 can reintroduce the ancient penalties,
those that called for stoning the young to death."

Great Reviews of the Past
Climate
"Verkhoyansk, Siberia has the
greatest absolute temperature range in the world...
that is, outside the bathroom of our apartment
(94° F. during the summer,
94° below zero in the winter)."

BRIEF REVIEWS
Concentration Camps,
Emma Goldman's Mother Earth, and
Dan Fante Throwing Up

ARTICLES
National Private Radio
Part I
"They tell us that we should now be celebrating
the 30th anniversary of National Public Radio,
but for many of us who love radio,
and what it can do, and what it can be ---
I suspect it won't be much of a celebration.
It'll probably be more like a wake."

Part II
"All you have to remember is that early on,
public radio was just that --- for the public.
But then, somehow, while we weren't looking, they privatized it ---
gave it to those who had far more say-so than you or me;
turned it over to people who had and have
a bitter distaste for controversy, and challenge,
and complicated issues."