This collection of cartoons exploring the central mystery of the cat--its complete inability to feel guilt-reprises some of the great moments in feline history as well as some petty moments of domestic turmoil

Another Cat Book

Arthur Howard

Charles Ortleb

Arts & Photography

St Martins Pr

This novella tells the story of an African-American man accused of spreading AIDS in New England. His lawyer takes the bold step of turning the tables on the government. He tries to convince the jury that everything the government has told the public about AIDS is a racist, homophobic lie. The reader is put in the jury box and has to decide if most of what we have been told about AIDS is false.

The Closing Argument

Literature & Fiction

United States

Rubicon Media

This book was republished in 2018 with the title "The Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Epidemic Cover-up." Charles Ortleb’s Truth to Power takes you inside the New York Native, one of the most unique and consequential newspapers of the twentieth century. Shortly after starting his small gay New York City newspaper in late 1980, one of the biggest scientific and political stories of our time fell into his lap in the form of the AIDS and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome epidemic. What he did with that story has secured his newspaper’s place in history. Under his guidance, a succession of intrepid journalists did some of their greatest work uncovering the crucial facts about the labyrinthine epidemic.
Ortleb made the decision to follow the facts wherever they led. His team of uncompromising investigative reporters inevitably stepped on the toes of the most powerful people in the medical and political establishment. Perhaps not surprisingly, the latter fought back by seeking to discredit the New York Native and even, in time, close its doors. But Ortleb stood his ground for as long as possible and as a result the world now can have a clear understanding of the relationship of AIDS, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and HHV-6, the transmissible virus that now threatens everyone on this planet.
Anyone who has wondered why the medical establishment will not tell the truth about the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome epidemic will find the disturbing answer in Truth to Power.
What makes Ortleb so unusual is that not only did he have the natural instincts of a journalist, editor and publisher, but he was also a poet, a fiction writer and a budding political philosopher. Truth to Power is not just a compelling work of journalism and history, but also a major contribution to the intellectual life of our time.
 “A rollicking, fascinating and important memoir.” —Hillary Johnson, author of Osler's Web, Inside the Labyrinth of the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Epidemic “Because of the extraordinary reporting of the New York Native, the city’s gay community had been exposed to far more information about AIDS than San Francisco in 1981 and 1982." —Randy Shilts, And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic "The gay press—with the exception of the New York Native, which deserves a Pulitzer Prize for its comprehensive coverage [of AIDS]—hasn’t been much better than the straight press." —David Black, Rolling Stone, April 25, 1985

Truth to Power: New York Native 1980-1997

History

Historical Study & Educational Resources

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