Opinion

In 1978, shortly after I began my “Book Nook” column of book reviews, I conducted an unscientific poll in which I asked readers and passing acquaintances what their favorite book was.

Have you ever woken in the morning steeped in a sense of nonspecific dread? It’s undefined, and even though you have no idea what it’s about, it’s palpable. You recognize that it’s just a feeling, not a fact, yet the heaviness presses. You scan the night’s memories for a bad dream… nothing in jackboots chased you through a field, the mean girls didn’t take your coat.

Over the last three months, two major events in Wilton Manors have been canceled over speakers' criticism of Israel’s government. As one of America’s most visible LGBTQ communities, if we continue on this path, we not only risk Wilton Manors’ economic future but the political isolation of LGBTQ equality itself.

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