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    Ann Rostow: D-Day at SCOTUS

    Ann Rostow: D-Day at SCOTUS

    By Ann Rostow– D-Day at SCOTUS On Tuesday, October 8, the U.S. Supreme Court heard two hours of arguments on the question of whether gays and transgender employees are protected…

    Ann Rostow: Dreaming with Jim Comey

    Ann Rostow: Dreaming with Jim Comey

    By Ann Rostow– Dreaming with Jim Comey I dreamed that Mel and I were in my college dorm room with Jim Comey and we all wound up taking a nap…

    Ann Rostow: Nightmare on Washington Street

    Ann Rostow: Nightmare on Washington Street

    By Ann Rostow– Nightmare on Washington Street This morning I tossed and turned, thinking about how I would soon have to get up and write about the Arizona Supreme Court’s…

    Ann Rostow: And the Survey Says …

    Ann Rostow: And the Survey Says …

    By Ann Rostow– And the Survey Says … You probably saw the news about a massive genetic survey on same-sex attraction that showed, well, it showed that sexuality is complicated.…

    Ann Rostow: Turning in the Widening Gyre

    Ann Rostow: Turning in the Widening Gyre

    By Ann Rostow– Turning in the Widening Gyre The Trump Labor Department has announced a proposal to gut the civil rights rules that govern federal contractors, widening the religious exemptions…

    Ann Rostow: Look Away

    Ann Rostow: Look Away

    By Ann Rostow– Look Away I felt like one of the proverbial “good Germans” last night when I insisted that we turn off an MSNBC special on hate violence in…

    Ann Rostow: Big Little Lies

    Ann Rostow: Big Little Lies

    By Ann Rostow– Big Little Lies Things are getting worse and worse. Toxic.  The racism of Trump’s attacks on The Squad do not appall me as much as the patently…

    Ann Rostow: Halfway Measures

    Ann Rostow: Halfway Measures

    By Ann Rostow– Halfway Measures I was reading an article about John Roberts the other day and the writer described his decisions as “Solomonic,” referring to his alleged tendency to…

    Ann Rostow: The Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer

    Ann Rostow: The Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer

    By Ann Rostow– The Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer It’s summertime, everyone. Pride festival, the longest days of the year, the onset of those timeless weeks of sun, salt,…

    Ann Rostow: Thanks for Next to Nothing

    Ann Rostow: Thanks for Next to Nothing

    By Ann Rostow– Thanks for Next to Nothing It appears that I made a mistake in my last column, reporting that Trump “declines to issue Pride proclamations.” Apparently, my top-of-the-head…