LARRY KRAMER

The death of Larry Kramer reminds us that there are still heroes in the USA. This often impossible man translated rage into action at a time when Reagan's shining city on the hill felt more like a place where too many died. The AIDS crisis then has never met "closure".  Many, famous, died many times over, because of the disease and also because of the indifference of an administration, yet again adverse to humanity. Many more, anonymous, died ostracized, under the pathetic blanket of their own resignation.

Kramer's indignation ran through America like a brush fire. The flames can still be seen and felt in the parts of the country that did not fell prey to the despicable mindset of today's rulers.