Toothpaste, Cough Drops, Aspirin, Contraception Toothpaste, Cough Drops, Aspirin, Contraception
Please forward widely: "An Open Letter About Emergency Contraception," by Katha Pollitt and Jennifer Baumgardner
Feb 26, 2004 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Farewell, Howard Dean Farewell, Howard Dean
A vote of thanks is due to Dr. Dean,
A comet on the presidential scene.
Once sure to win, he lost it all instead.
He made mistakes, but still it should be said
Feb 26, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Nader Is Crashing the Party Yet Again Nader Is Crashing the Party Yet Again
Does he have no sense of accountability or shame?
Feb 25, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
Wedlockstep Wedlockstep
When I was quite young, my entire image of marriage was filtered through the bible of Bride Magazine.
Feb 19, 2004 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Kerry: He’s Peaking Kerry: He’s Peaking
Kerry has the nomination almost within his grasp, and has also emerged from the bruising kiss of imputed scandal. Unless Ms.
Feb 19, 2004 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
New (Sort of) Issue New (Sort of) Issue
Bush trotted out his whoppers with tranquillity,
Because the press responded with docility.
His goal was war. In order to fulfill it, he
Feb 19, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Old MacDonald Had a Judge… Old MacDonald Had a Judge…
Quack, quack. So much for the constitutionally mandated separation of powers.
Feb 18, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
Al, We Hardly Know Ye Al, We Hardly Know Ye
The evolution of the character invented by the media to play the role "Al Gore" will one day make a remarkable doctoral dissertation.
Feb 12, 2004 / Column / Eric Alterman
Kristof to the Rescue? Kristof to the Rescue?
This morning I got an e-mail from Feminist Majority asking me to e-mail the President protesting the Iraqi Governing Council's approval of Resolution 137, which would abolish cur...
Feb 12, 2004 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Saddam as a Gathering Threat Saddam as a Gathering Threat
So the weapons weren't there--so what, Bush says,
Saddam was a "gathering threat."
We were certainly right to start a war.
This threat simply had to be met.
Feb 12, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin