Jamie Kirchick

James Kirchick is an assistant editor of The New Republic and is a columnist for the Washington Blade and Washington Examiner.

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The Gay Community Needs to Calm Down About Rick Warren

Hell hath no fury like a homosexual seemingly scorned. That seems to be the lesson…

New York Times Fact-Checkers Drop the Ball on Lieberman

The New York Times featured a profile of Senator Joe Lieberman on Monday, in which,…

Bobby Fischer “a Hero,” Ron Paul’s Newsletter Once Said

On September 11, 2001, the world champion chess player Bobby Fischer had this to say:…

A Short History of Kwanzaa

Slate has republished a 2005 essay by Melonyce McAfee in praise of Kwanzaa. Acknowledging that…

The Good Tutu

Just a few weeks ago, I criticized Desmond Tutu for one of his chronically outrageous…

Stop Making Sense

With boy pundit Matthew Yglesias, it's difficult to discern where the attempt at serious political…

Escape from Gay Island

Last weekend at an impossibly crowded Manhattan gay night club — the Britney loud, the…

Hollow Criticism from Boyd and Yglesias

Sam Boyd has issued a lengthy non-response response to my post criticizing his calling Ayaan…