Sublime

Milton Shapp

And to the amazement of reporters who had smiled skeptically at the time, La Guardia kept his promise, slashing thousands of nonessential jobs from city payrolls, slashing the salaries of the employees who remained, balancing the city’s budget—and raising the moral tone of government in New York to new heights.

Jim Goad is the Godfather of the New Right.

He pointed to each of the speakers on the dais, saying, “I’d be honored, honored, honored, honored, honored, to serve with any of you guys.”45

With so much ignorance coming from a left-leaning public intellectual in Washington, DC, in 1977, what could gays of Dade County expect from their run-of-the-mill Florida neighbors?

éminence grise

Charles Marsh, as owner of the only district-wide organ of public opinion, was perhaps the individual in Johnson’s congressional district most important to his continuation in office. His love affair with Marsh’s lover was, in the words of a man familiar with the relationship, “taking one hell of a chance.” And, this man adds, “Knowing Lyndon, I co

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