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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Steve Friess Steve Friess is an Ann Arbor, Mich.-based freelance writer and former senior writer covering technology for Politico. ## Steve Friess Articles 14Collections 28 *  Dec 18, 2015 ### [Sheldon Adelson’s Terrible Political Instincts](https://time.com/4154194/sheldon-adelson-review-journal/) Why buy the cow when you get the GOP-flavored milk for free? [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Apr 28, 2015 ### [Backlash Against Gay Men Who Hosted Ted Cruz Dinner Is Counterproductive](https://time.com/3838133/gay-rights-ted-cruz-dinner-ian-reisner-mati-weiderpass/) Attacking a known ally because he fed the enemy can only end one way—with more anger [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 17, 2015 ### [Can We Build an Internet That Includes the Hearing Impaired?](https://time.com/3742994/deaf-hearing-impaired-web-internet-access/) In the Age of the Internet, one group is being left out of the conversation—the hearing impaired. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jan 22, 2015 ### [What the Reaction To Billy Crystal Tells Us About Gay Tolerance](https://time.com/3676934/what-the-reaction-to-billy-crystal-tells-us-about-gay-tolerance/) Gays won by persuading everyone to view us as sexless—now the culture needs to adjust to reality [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jan 8, 2015 ### [What Parents of Down Syndrome Kids Get About Sarah Palin That Others Don't](https://time.com/3659720/sarah-palin-trig-down-syndrome-dog-photos/) For parents of a child with Down syndrome, their children figuring out a solution to any problem is ... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 14, 2014 ### [How Obama Bungled Obamacare's Success Stories](https://time.com/3632254/how-obama-bungled-obamacares-success-stories/) The president's health care plan has saved many lives. So why hasn't he told us about them? [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Nov 13, 2014 ### [Our Dog Has Cancer and We're Not Treating It. Stop Judging Me.](https://time.com/3583779/our-dog-has-cancer-and-were-not-treating-it/) The sticker shock of giving Jack another year made the discussion almost academic [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Nov 7, 2014 ### [Rose McGowan Was Right: Women Can't Lean on the Gay Rights Movement Anymore](https://time.com/3572314/rose-mcgowan-feminists-gay-misogyny/) LGBTers were once so desperate for allies that they supported any and every liberal cause [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Sep 15, 2014 ### [Everyone Needs to Lay Off the Miss America Contestants](https://time.com/3380305/miss-america-judgmental/) If we're criticizing the pageant for degrading women, why should we ourselves degrade those individu... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Aug 20, 2014 ### [A White Gay Man and a Black Woman Hug It Out](https://time.com/3148567/white-gay-man-black-woman/) In the name of an open dialogue on race, two sides of a divisive opinion try to come together in an ... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 16, 2014 ### [Dear Black Women: White Gays Are Your Allies, So Don't Push Us Away](https://time.com/2988033/white-gays-black-women-allies/) We, too, know what it's like to be ostracized and pushed down. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 20, 2014 ### [I Was Targeted By Anti-Gay Pastor Fred Phelps](https://time.com/27536/my-turn-as-a-target-of-god-hates-fags-preacher-fred-phelps/) 'Would you care who I am if I was nicer?' he asked. 'Would the governor care who I am if I was nicer... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Feb 28, 2014 ### [Don't Applaud Jared Leto's Transgender 'Mammy'](https://time.com/10650/dont-applaud-jared-letos-transgender-mammy/) 'Dallas Buyers Club' has garnered praise for the actor's supposedly brave portrayal of a transgender... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Feb 11, 2014 ### [Hallmark's Problem With Gay Love](https://time.com/7374/hallmarks-problem-with-gay-love/) The corporate card-maker could muster only one option for gays and lesbians to express their feeling... 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