Tag Archives: AIDS

IN A FRIEND’S DEATH, A LESSON FOR THE LIVING

I wrote this in 1999; it was published in The Washington Post. Lewis, the friend I lost during a time when so many were dying of AIDS, came into my mind recently, so I decided to reprint this.   A

AIDS AND THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION

Last week, on World AIDS day, I was sitting in a waiting room while my car was being serviced, checking my phone, and I saw a Facebook posting about a short documentary called ‘When AIDS Was Funny.’ My heart sank