We Speak Not of Osama We Speak Not of Osama
NOTE: Because of an editorial error, last week's poem was incorrectly printed. This is a corrected version. Our apologies to Calvin Trillin (and to Cole Porter). --The Editors
Feb 13, 2003 / Column / Calvin Trillin
We Speak Not of Osama We Speak Not of Osama
(With apologies to Cole Porter, the master, who wrote "My Heart Belongs to Daddy")
Feb 6, 2003 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Poetry Makes Nothing Happen? Ask Laura Bush Poetry Makes Nothing Happen? Ask Laura Bush
So Laura Bush will not, after all, be discussing the works of Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman and Langston Hughes with a selected group of American poets at the White House on Fe...
Feb 6, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Katha Pollitt
A ‘Good Man’ Is Not So Hard to Find A ‘Good Man’ Is Not So Hard to Find
I was standing in line for Bowling for Columbine in Brussels not long ago with two writer/editor friends, when a 15-or-so-year-old Belgian boy in front of us turned around and ...
Feb 6, 2003 / Column / Eric Alterman
Only by Swallowing Big Lies Can Powell Justify a War Only by Swallowing Big Lies Can Powell Justify a War
We know in advance that Colin Powell's performance will be flawless.
Feb 5, 2003 / Column / Robert Scheer
On the Democratic Presidential Race On the Democratic Presidential Race
It now seems clear, from what we hear, That Gary Hart will reappear. (He ran well once, but then he slipped; He couldn't keep his trousers zipped.)
Jan 30, 2003 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Concerning Pee-Wee, Townshend and Ritter Concerning Pee-Wee, Townshend and Ritter
The worse the state treats kids, the more the state's prosecutors chase after inoffensive "perverts" in the private sector who have committed the so-called crime of getting sex...
Jan 30, 2003 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn
Class Warfare Class Warfare
My son collects my change--the random coins that come from little daily transactions, the pennies, nickels and dimes that build up in my pockets.
Jan 30, 2003 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
HMOs, Antibiotics and the Philosophy of Caring HMOs, Antibiotics and the Philosophy of Caring
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Jan 29, 2003 / Ask Dr. Marc / Dr. Marc Siegel