One gay man has his own television show, even though his sexual preferences are no secret.

If the French wouldn t have him, he would join the holy warriors anything to give him a sense of power and an excuse to indulge his violent impulses.

Muammar el Qaddafi s murderous stance during the uprising has revealed his true colors, regardless of his more moderate posture in recent years.

The worst possible outcome would be to pick someone who shares Greenspan s inclinations holding data tightly, monopolizing decision making, and attempting to overawe colleagues.

Even if his tastes were more lavish, he would be hard pressed to spend more than a tiny fraction of his wealth.

In Mexico, López Obrador has both begun picking up in the polls in recent days, and showing his true colors, promising the stars and the moon to the Mexican electorate.

His conservative and nationalist credentials sustained his popularity on the right, while his new security strategy including full withdrawal from the Gaza Strip attracted supporters from the left.

There is considerable lingering ill will over his role in the invasion of Iraq, and there is the inconvenient fact that he is from Euro skeptic Britain, and that many on the left view him as a leader whose third way was a betrayal of socialism.

President François Hollande has announced measures that, if implemented, would amount to a peaceful revolution a major reconciliation with the industrial and business world that even his more energetic predecessor, Nicolas Sarkozy, dared not attempt, despite or precisely because of his more conservative inclinations.

Even in the US, where members of the same sex can marry in 35 states (as I did in New York last April), in 29 states it is still legal to fire someone solely on the basis of their sexual orientation. In 34 states, it is legal to fire a transgender employee.