Fighting Democrats' setbacks by Reagan, Gingrich, and Bush required resolve; Trump shutdown is no different
Opinion: Democrats have been here before, and history demands that they hold the line, writes John Casey.
October 2, 2025
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No one likes a hothead and a jerk, especially one who is the director of the FBI
Opinion: With an offensive temperament, a pathetic demeanor, and dangerous narcissism, Kash Patel's noisy emptiness at the FBI’s helm puts America in peril, writes John Casey.
September 18, 2025
Late-night monologues and 'SNL' skits can't match South Park's Noem’s face, ICE in heaven, and Satan’s anus
Opinion: Colbert burns bright, SNL plays safe, but only South Park is fighting Trump in the language of our unreal, absurd, and chaotic political moment, writes John Casey.
August 9, 2025
The mysterious life of Justice David Souter, an enigma who confounded conservative Republicans
Opinion: The late Supreme Court justice said little, revealed less, but did help shape the conscience of the law, particularly in a key LGBTQ+ rights case, writes John Casey.
May 9, 2025
George H.W. Bush, No Ally But No Enemy of LGBTQ People, Dead at 94
The 41st president isn't thought of as a gay ally, but he was light years ahead of Ronald Reagan or even Donald Trump.
December 1, 2018
George H.W. Bush Is Official Witness to Lesbian Wedding
The former president and first lady attended the wedding of friends in Maine this weekend.
September 25, 2013
Former Obama White House Counsel explains what could happen to Trump’s Cabinet nominations
Partisan politics and unconventional nominees have altered the traditional playbook of presidential nominations in recent terms.
November 21, 2024
How One Man Came Out to Barbara Bush and Educated Her on Trans Rights
Not long before she died, the 90-year-old former First Lady spoke with out historian Timothy Naftali about the queer experience.
September 26, 2020
Will American democracy follow Joe Biden into the sunset in 2025?
I don’t think it was a coincidence that President Jimmy Carter passed away before the start of the New Year, writes John Casey.
January 1, 2025
Trump smashed the U.S. Capitol and the White House, piercing the soul of the nation as Joe Biden predicted
Opinion: This week, watching Trump raze the "People’s House," I felt the same heartbreak as I did on January 6, writes John Casey.
October 25, 2025
Lincoln’s ‘better angels’ will prevail in electing Kamala Harris the next president of the United States
On Tuesday, our "better angels" will help voters cast their ballots for the vice president, writes John Casey.
November 4, 2024
Why Justice Amy Coney Barrett could be democracy's last defense
Opinion: Justice Amy Coney Barrett's choice: to be bold like former Justices Souter and Blackmun, or irrational and loathed like Justices Alito and Thomas, writes John Casey.
March 12, 2025
We now have solid proof that after Trump and Project 2025, the future of the GOP is Nazism
Opinion: Project 2025 is laying the groundwork for Nazism that is bubbling up in the next generation of Republican leaders, and texts revealed by Politico prove it, writes John Casey.
October 15, 2025
LGBTQ+ Republicans: What a Joke
The GOP decided long ago that scapegoating the community is more valuable than courting it. Will that ever change?
March 15, 2023
Why Black Gay Filmmaker Marlon Riggs Matters Now
His work stands as inspiration for resistance to homophobia and racial hatred.
February 27, 2017
Pete Buttigieg Is Not the First Gay Man to Run for President
Republican Fred Karger says the mainstream media is erasing his historic 2012 campaign.
February 26, 2019
Immigrating while queer: America has a complex history of exclusion
Approximately 1.3 million LGBTQ+ immigrants live in the United States, but the journey has been difficult for at least 150 years.
November 25, 2025
Annise Parker Is Not Going Away
A very visible lesbian activist of the 1980s became the three-term mayor of America's fourth largest city -- and in Texas. With her sights set on statewide office, is Annise Parker proof Texas politics have grown up?
May 12, 2014
The real activist judges
The Bush administration has worked diligently to nominate right-wing ideologues to the federal bench. The battle has reached a boiling point and and there's too much at stake for gay men and lesbians not to fight
May 24, 2005