PROGRESS IN IRAQ?

A graph to make Robert Fisk depressed. But what I’d really like to see is a graph that can tell us how many attacks are occurring, whether they result in casualties or not. I’ve heard contradictory reports on those numbers; and they’d be just as informative.

TACKLING THE DEEPER CLOSET: An inspiring first-person account of homophobia in sports – locker-rooms, bars, stadiums, and newsrooms.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “As an American I understand that Islam is not the enemy. But what about as a gay man? Have we forgotten that there is no sect of Islam worth considering that even tolerates homosexuality, and in countries where Islam predominates, punishment can be anything from imprisonment to torture to disfigurement to death. Islam may not be the enemy of my country, but I’d be hard-pressed to find a bigger enemy of gay people. Islam is perpetrating a massive, egregious assault on human rights — and what does the Human Rights Campaign have to say?” – David Lee, co-creator of TV’s Frasier, accepting an award at the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force’s Leadership Awards Sept. 28 in Los Angeles, reported by Rex Wockner.