All Entries in the "Paula Sophia" Category
Private First Class Manning
By Paula Sophia Gayly Columnist In 1973, the American Psychiatric Association removed homosexuality from the Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, eradicating the stigma of mental illness from the lives of gays and lesbians. Presently, this development seems like a moment of elementary understanding that declares an obvious truth, a “well, duh” in the struggle [...]
Fossils
By Paula Sophia Gayly Columnist In recent Republican Presidential debates, the old specter of Social Darwinism has reared its ugly head. Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney and Ron Paul are espousing a “survival of the fittest” brand of laissez-faire economics. They want government to do little or nothing to help those in need in order to [...]
Exodus and Occupy
By Paula Sophia Contributing Writer Occupy Wall Street has occupied my mind a lot lately. I’ve celebrated the emergence of a progressive movement, cringed at the less than articulate occupiers interviewed on local and national television, raged about the violent outbreaks in Oakland, the brutal police tactics used against peaceful protesters, the lack of leadership [...]