Court Time: The GOP campaign offers a frustrating experience when it comes to gay issues, but some more sporting inspiration is found Down Under

Opinion: So my television viewing this past week or so has given me a front-row seat to an intense competition, where the protagonists shift wildly between near victory and total defeat, where the the challenger who's spent years building an aura of inevitability finds that aura dashed in an unexpected defeat, where pundits and commentators dig into mounds of data to find the deeper meaning in it all. I'm talking, of course, about the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam tennis tournament of the year currently unfolding under Melbourne's summer skies, where, given my druthers, I'd rather be at the moment. January is all too full these days. Once, not long ago, the month seemed more manageable, a time when you could focus on living up to your New Year's resolutions or, at minimum, on losing the weight gained through the holidays. The Martin Luther King Jr. holiday was a nice respite from the initial rush of a new year, combining a needed breather with some deserved reflection on where the nation has been and is going. And the State of the Union address gave the country a chance to fulfill its civic duty by suffering the pre-emption of The Bachelor and one of the multitude of CSI variants. ... (more)

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