Fox Hunts Student Voters Fox Hunts Student Voters
Juliana Zuccaro and Kelly Kraus thought they were exercising their civic rights and responsibilities on August 31 when, as officers of the Network of Feminist Student Activists a...
Sep 23, 2004 / Column / Katha Pollitt
The Girlie Vote The Girlie Vote
Since when are women--51 percent of the population--a special interest?
Sep 9, 2004 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Bush Bashers & the Bashers Who Bash Them Bush Bashers & the Bashers Who Bash Them
For well over a decade now, right-wingers and Republicans have heaped insult, lies and slander on liberals and Democrats, who responded for the most part by becoming starchy, sel...
Aug 26, 2004 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Let’s Not Devalue Ourselves Let’s Not Devalue Ourselves
It says something about the iron grip of the culture wars on our politics that no less a liberal than John Kerry--with his 100 percent ratings from NARAL, Human Rights Campaign, ...
Jul 29, 2004 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Moore 1, Media 0 Moore 1, Media 0
I had a swell time at Fahrenheit 9/11, Michael Moore's documentary about George Bush's dubious progress from Florida to Iraq.
Jul 1, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Katha Pollitt
Sex and the Stepford Wife Sex and the Stepford Wife
As numerous reviewers of the overblown and over-remade remake of The Stepford Wives have pointed out, men do not really want to be married to robots.
Jun 17, 2004 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Desperately Seeking Health Insurance Desperately Seeking Health Insurance
As crises go, medical insurance is not a very sexy one.
Jun 3, 2004 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Do You Feel a Draft? Do You Feel a Draft?
The main effect of bringing back the draft would be to further militarize the nation.
May 20, 2004 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Show & Tell in Abu Ghraib Show & Tell in Abu Ghraib
What are the thousand words, I wonder, that are worth the pictures of grinning US soldiers sexually humiliating Iraqi prisoners in Abu Ghraib prison?
May 6, 2004 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Down and Out in Texas Down and Out in Texas
Did you know that since January 1, women in Texas have not been able to obtain abortions from the sixteenth week of pregnancy on?
Apr 22, 2004 / Column / Katha Pollitt