Benedict Arnold Republicans destroy military and our national security  —  We are now stuck with sexual deviants serving openly in the U.S. military because of turncoat Republican senators.  —  (Dictionary definition of “deviant”: “departing from usual or accepted standards, esp. in social or sexual behavior.”

Joe Manchin absent for two major Senate votes  —  When the Senate took two of its most highly anticipated votes of the lame-duck session on Saturday, West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin was nowhere to be found.  —  Manchin, who was sworn into office last month after winning …

Defeat of immigration measure reveals failed White House strategy, advocates say  —  Whenever Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez (D-Ill.) and other immigrant-rights advocates asked President Obama how a Democratic administration could preside over the greatest number of deportations in any two-year period …

Gays in the Military, ROTC back on Campus?  —  Now that the lame duck Democratic Congress has repealed Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT), the new Congress will have to see to it that the Obama administration manages the implementation of repeal responsibly, and that the concerns of military leaders and troops are taken seriously.

A Typical Day for PFC Bradley Manning  —  PFC Manning is currently being held in maximum custody.  Since arriving at the Quantico Confinement Facility in July of 2010, he has been held under Prevention of Injury (POI) watch.  —  His cell is approximately six feet wide and twelve feet in length.

START treaty survives threat from McCain amendment on missile defense  —  The Senate voted 37 to 59 on Saturday to reject an amendment to the preamble of the New START nuclear treaty that Democrats say would have gutted it.  —  The amendment sponsored by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) …

Obama's Long Game: 65 - 31  —  Do gay activists, including myself, want to doubt it now?  Of course, it's my job to push, to criticize, to explain, to shame, to encourage.  But I did so precisely to advance what has happened today, and am glad that it was a small part of the climate that made it happen.

Springtime for Hypocrites  —  It has been a great week on the hypocrisy front.  A couple of high points:  —  The hypocrisy of the apparatchiks: Joe Nocera amplifies some of the points I made in my column.  The determination of the Republicans on the crisis commission to lay the blame …

Bush on Bush  —  They call themselves, smugly, “41” and “43,” meaning the 41st and 43rd presidents of the United States.  You're supposed to prefer the father, all graciousness and handwritten little notes, over the son, who — even in memoirs written at age 64 after two terms as president — seems callow.

Gays see repeal as a civil rights milestone  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly in the U.S. military is a step toward equality, advocates say, but a fight for other social changes such as gay marriage still lies ahead.  —  The Senate voted Saturday to end …