The Sound of the Crowd •

Recommended Reading about which, etc

  1. In American Prospect, good article on the foolishness of looking to pop stars for help in defining a personal politics.

  1. Excellent interview with Barney Frank on the evolution of gay rights, etc.

  1. “Texas leads the nation in teenage pregnancies and opponents of the new textbooks say that encouraging abstinence, while ignoring any discussion of safe sex, is unrealistic and will leave students at a dangerous disadvantage.”

  1. I agree with just about every word of this column by Molly Ivins on “The peace president” .

Ben Varkentine

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