Nuggets & bites."John Dunleavy, the [New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. St. Patrick's Day] parade chairman, touched off a new controversy by comparing Irish gay activists to neo-Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan Ku Klux Klan (k  ' klŭks klăn), designation mainly given to two distinct secret societies that played a part in American history, although other less important groups have also used . In an interview yesterday in The Irish Times, Mr. Dunleavy was quoted as saying, 'If an Israeli group wants to march in New York, do you allow neo-Nazis into their parade? If African-Americans are marching in Harlem, do they have to let the Ku Klux Klan into their parade?'" --From The New York Times, March 17 "The Boy Scouts wanted this. They fought for it. So it's more than a little ironic that they would complain now.... Yet the organization that wanted all the private leeway to deny entry to [gays and atheists] also wants public tax dollars to ease its bottom line. It's time for consistency to become one of those scouting virtues." --From a Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Morning daily newspaper. Established in 1881, it was purchased and incorporated in 1884 by Harrison Gray Otis (1837–1917) under The Times-Mirror Co. (the hyphen was later dropped from the name). editorial on the California supreme court decision that the city of Berkeley could deny the Scouts free use of a city marina, March 15 "Last year, [Paulette's gay] husband nursed her through four months of treatments for cancer. 'What is intimacy?' asked Jerry Cormack.... 'I am totally committed on all levels to Paulette, and I felt so intimate with her when I was caring for her during her cancer treatments. To me, that's a stronger expression of love than whether I'm having anonymous sex with a man.'" --From "Brokeback Wives Find Solace in Cowboy Tearjerker tear·jerk·er n. Slang A grossly sentimental story, drama, or performance. tear  -jerk ," by Katy Butler, in Scotland on Sunday Scotland on Sunday is a Scottish Sunday newspaper, published in Edinburgh by The Scotsman Publications Ltd and consequently assuming the role of Sunday sister to its daily stablemate The Scotsman. It is printed in broadsheet format. , March 12 "Tony Curtis, in London for the Sony Ericsson Empire Awards, took a pot shot pot·shot also pot shot n. 1. A random or easy shot. 2. A criticism made without careful thought and aimed at a handy target for attack: reporters taking potshots at the mayor. at the Academy Awards. 'Everyone takes the Oscars too seriously,' he was quoted as saying. 'It's ape[bleep] and so fake.' ... Curtis was presented with an award by Roger Moore, who joked that he and Curtis 'were going to star together in Brokeback Mountain but we couldn't decide which one was going to stand in front.'" --From MSNBC.com, March 16 |
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