All 28 articles by Doug Ireland

• 11 Oct 09

• Culture

  The Barney Frank Story

  Not your average left-handed, gay, Jewish congressman. MORE »

• 16 Jul 09

• Culture

  Queer Prehistory

  The gay-rights movement did not begin with the Stonewall riots in 1969. MORE »

• 15 Jun 09

• Culture

  The Real History of a Radical

  Putting I.F. Stone in perspective. MORE »

• 20 Mar 09

• Culture

  Iran’s History Comes Out

  A new book brilliantly details the evolution of gender and sexuality from pre-modern Persia to the 20th century. MORE »

• 28 Mar 07

• Features

  The Royal Road to Irrelevance

  The 'French Hillary' is squandering the Socialists' presidential hopes MORE »

• 10 Oct 06

• Culture

  The Tragedy of Gary Webb

  Hounded out of Journalism and pushed to suicide, the Gary Webb story is a cautionary tale about the dangers in speaking truth to power MORE »

• 31 May 06

• Act Locally

  Iran Exports Anti-Gay Pogrom to Iraq

  The murder of gay men in Iraq represents the importation of the anti-gay killings being carried out in the Islamic Republic of Iran MORE »

• 03 Mar 06

• Culture

  The Lies of Bernard-Henri Lévy

  Bernard-Henri Lévy is so ubiquitous in France's media that he is universally referred to as BHL.... MORE »

• 04 Jan 06

• Act Locally

  Irans Anti-Gay Pogrom

  American gay rights groups are ignoring systematic persecution in the Islamic Republic MORE »

• 03 Nov 05

• Culture

  Vidal—Never More Vital

  Just in time to help us celebrate Gore Vidal's birthday--he turned 80 on October 3--comes Dennis Altman's Gore Vidal's... MORE »

• 26 Aug 05

• Culture

  Wildes Second Coming Out

  When first published in England two years ago, Neil McKenna's The Secret Life of Oscar Wilde won universal... MORE »

• 11 Oct 02

• Features

  Carte Blanche

  Congress capitulates to Bush’s call for war MORE »

• 19 Jul 02

• Features

  Dithering Democrats

  The November forecast looks gloomy. MORE »

• 21 Jun 02

• Views

  Homeland Insecurity

  George W. Bush’s proposal for a new, mammoth Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is nothing more than... MORE »

• 07 Jun 02

• Features

  ‘New’ FBI, Same Old Problems

  What do you do with a federal agency of notorious incompetence that is also famous for regularly trampling... MORE »

• 24 May 02

• Features

  Pim’s Misfortune

  Only in death did this Dutch dandy become a darling of American conservatives. MORE »

• 09 May 02

• Act Locally

  Downright Shocking

  Rising neofascism in France MORE »

• 26 Apr 02

• Features

  Right Again

  Le Pen’s Strong Showing Leaves the French Left in Disarray MORE »

• 15 Mar 02

• Features

  Bad Posture

  Bush’s new nukes and far-flung bases take the war into a dangerous new phase. MORE »

• 19 Feb 02

• Features

  Europes Right Turn

  A specter is haunting Europe—the specter of the extreme right. George W. Bush’s long war has... MORE »

• 22 Dec 01

• Features

  Liberty on the Defensive

  The political mood in this country is getting uglier as the open-ended long war drags on. Frustrated at... MORE »

• 07 Dec 01

• Features

  History Lessons

  What Bush should have learned from the Cold War MORE »

• 26 Nov 01

• Features

  The Road Ahead

  It's only going to get worse. MORE »

• 22 Nov 01

• Features

  LOYAL OPPOSITION

  Why the Democrats will get trounced in 2002 MORE »

• 29 Oct 01

• Act Locally

  Ready Freddy?

  Ferrer wins NYC mayoral primary but faces a tough runoff against Mark Green. MORE »

• 29 Oct 01

• Features

  The Long War

  Bush's crusade has no end in sight MORE »

• 22 Oct 01

• Features

  TAKING THE BAIT

  Bush is giving bin Laden the war he wants MORE »