Sociobiology and You Sociobiology and You

If Steven Pinker's latest 500-page treatise on the brain, The Blank Slate, serves any wider purpose in the popular discussion of science issues, it will, one hopes, be the fina...

Oct 31, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Steven Johnson

Prosody in Motion Prosody in Motion

As you are no doubt aware, First Lady Laura Bush is a former teacher and has a master's degree in library science. This is all to the good.

Oct 31, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Art Winslow

In Cold Type In Cold Type

Until and unless a nonhuman animal becomes a legal person, she will remain invisible to civil law." This quote from the legal profile in Bark magazine's fall issue in many ways...

Oct 31, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Amy Wilentz

The Right Way to Have Sex The Right Way to Have Sex

Debbie Nathan is an attendee of Feminist Futures, a New York-based study group whose organizers include Leonore Tiefer.

Oct 31, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Debbie Nathan

‘The Heart’s Garden’ ‘The Heart’s Garden’

The day that Kenneth Rexroth died was not a dark, cold day.

Oct 31, 2002 / Books & the Arts / John Palattella

In Our Orbit In Our Orbit

"Ifavor unconditional withdrawal from the territories," says a former head of Israel's security service, rather starkly, given his background. It's from an interview in this ed...

Oct 31, 2002 / Books & the Arts / The Editors

A Nation at Risk A Nation at Risk

A year ago Congress overwhelmingly approved George W.

Oct 31, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Peter Sacks

Mr. Feiffer Regrets Mr. Feiffer Regrets

Cartoonist Jules Feiffer dropped a pinpoint protest on First Lady Laura Bush's National Book Festival on October 12 in Washington.