Gene Antonio

U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, who has been sharply criticized by many of his fellow evangelical Christians for his positions on AIDS, has struck back in an interview in the June issue of Charisma & Christian Life. The 72-year-old Presbyterian, who will leave his federal post Oct. 1, specifically criticized positions taken by James Dobson, president of the Pomona-based Focus on the Family, and the Rev. D. James Kennedy, a prominent television preacher and outgoing moderator of the Presbyterian Church in America.

U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, who has been sharply criticized by many of his fellow evangelical Christians for his positions on AIDS, has struck back in an interview in the June issue of Charisma & Christian Life. The 72-year-old Presbyterian, who will leave his federal post Oct. 1, specifically criticized positions taken by James Dobson, president of the Pomona-based Focus on the Family, and the Rev. D. James Kennedy, a prominent television preacher and outgoing moderator of the Presbyterian Church in America.

"I don't think this play is a great play as a play ," Richard Dreyfuss said when he starred in the 1985 Los Angeles premiere of "The Normal Heart," Larry Kramer's angry depiction of the early days of the AIDS crisis. "I think it is great as a fire. It's supposed to kindle something in you." Dreyfuss was referring to the play's call for greater public attention and education on the AIDS epidemic. But on Nov. 15 in the small Ozark city of Springfield, Mo.