Politix!

The New York Observer has an interesting interview with the Italian journalist Orianna Fallacci. Her new anti-Islam book is getting her death threats.



Also, Jon Schwarz forwards this great document from the past: Gore "Queer" Vidal vs. William F. "pro-crypto-Nazi" Buckley in a televised 1968 grudge match.



Here's Nat Hentoff on Bayard Rustin, the civil rights leader who is the subject of a great new documentary, "Brother Outsider." Rustin was a fascinating, soulful, essential man--somebody our country should truly be proud of, instead of the usual knuckleheads we honor--and you should make a point to see this documentary if you can. Also, WGBH's American Experience broadcast a heartbreaking documentary on the 1955 murder of Emmett Till.