Drinking Harvey Milk’s Kool-Aid by Daniel J. Flynn
From City Journal : by Daniel J. Flynn Drinking Harvey Milk’s Kool-Aid Lionized by Hollywood and California state legislators, the real Milk was a demagogue and pal of Jim Jones. 21 May 2009 This Friday would have been slain San Francisco supervisor Harvey Milk’s 79th birthday, and California state senator Mark Leno has introduced legislation to mark the date with a state holiday. The bill doesn’t call for a furlough from work, but instead instructs the governor to proclaim a “Harvey Milk Day” and designates “that date as having special significance in the public schools and educational institutions” and encourages them to “conduct suitable commemorative exercises.” The legislation passed muster with the state senate in overwhelming fashion last week. Though only about one in five Californians polled supports the measure, and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a similar bill last year, Leno is optimistic. “If there’s one thing Arnold Schwarzenegger understands, it’s box office,” Len...