BUZZFLASH NEWS ANALYSIS by Meg White Fair warning: You may notice rowdy kids riding the city bus in the middle of the day today. No, it’s not some president’s birthday or a teachers’ workshop day. It’s Stay Home for Bullies Day. And the quiet kids will be in class. That’s because Friday, April 16th is [...]

BUZZFLASH NEWS ANALYSIS by Meg White Did you know that the government is restricting gay men from being allowed to save your life? Eighteen senators sent a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Thursday demanding an end to the lifetime ban prohibiting any man who has had gay sex since 1977 from donating [...]

BUZZFLASH NEWS ANALYSIS by Meg White The American Family Association (AFA) kindly sent out an action alert yesterday to its concerned constituency warning about the coming Armageddon for our troops if the military policy banning gay people from openly serving in the military is repealed. It began thusly (emphasis mine): Gays showering with straights? Absolutely. If President Obama, [...]

BUZZFLASH NEWS ANALYSIS by Meg White Football and advertising fans alike will convene in front of television sets around the world to take in the “big game” as well as the festival of consumerism emanating from Miami Feb. 7. Along with the glorious testosterone-fueled competition and the advertising, will viewers also be subject to right-wing [...]

BUZZFLASH NEWS ANALYSIS by Meg White Yet another political tell-all book about the Bush Administration comes out this week, and with it a new lesson for conservatives: It’s not OK to tell gay kids they can’t get married anymore, at least not explicitly. Last year, President Bush allegedly refused to condemn gay marriage in a [...]

A BUZZFLASH NEWS ANALYSIS by Meg White The American Family Association (AFA) has a new job title as of today: Soup Nazi. In this and next month’s The Advocate (described by the AFA as “the nation’s largest homosexual magazine,” as if it is only attracted to similarly shiny-papered media and eschews romantic relationships with newsprint), [...]

A BUZZFLASH NEWS ALERT by Meg White The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel heard testimony from a panel, consisting mostly of retired military personnel, on the future of the military policy known as “don’t ask, don’t tell.” The “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy was a compromise which necessitated the removal of a question [...]