SLATE ETC

Tim Noah does a dance today around the announcement of a gay guy to head up the White House AIDS office. The dance is largely because Noah had already declared that such an office had been closed. Never mind. On the Slate watch, I’m going head to head this week with Merrill Goozner, a fully-fledged pharmaceutical industry critic. There should be fireworks. As for our full link with Slate, it’s due to debut tomorrow. On a couple of other fronts, I’ll be at Stanford this Friday for a talk on the politics of homosexuality on campus at 8pm, which will also be on C-SPAN (don’t know the timing yet, but it won’t be live). It’s part of Queer Awareness Week (groan). Also, check out a live chat on USAToday.com April 20. See you there.