Equal parts humor and serious message, the “Rally to Restore Sanity And/Or Fear” took place on Washington, D.C.’s famed National Mall Oct. 30. Jon Stewart, host of the satirical Daily Show, and Stephen Colbert, host of the sister show The Colbert Report, took to the stage to lead what have most termed a counter-demonstration against the [...]

An attempt to end the United States’  “don’t ask don’t tell” policy on gays serving  in the military died in the Senate Sept. 21. The policy dates from 1993, during the presidency of Bill Clinton. At the time, it replaced the  previous policy of the Reagan administration which said that “homosexuality is incompatible with military [...]