The God Squad The God Squad
Was it lack of space or was it lack of time that made Katha Pollitt so bland and lenient about the current state of religious leadership in our country and our culture ["God C...
Mar 28, 2002 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
Adventures in Book Reviewing Adventures in Book Reviewing
Back in 1994, Christina Hoff Sommers accused The New York Times Book Review of unfairly assigning her attack on the women's movement, Who Stole Feminism?, to the distinguished sc...
Mar 28, 2002 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Nixon Library Woes Nixon Library Woes
The daughters, Trish and Julie, now aren't speaking. Without more dough, the roof will soon be leaking. It really isn't clear just who's in charge. Most tapes and papers still...
Mar 28, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Year of the Yellow Notepad The Year of the Yellow Notepad
Call it the year of the yellow notepad. Doris Kearns Goodwin, ejected from Parnassus, Pulitzer jury service and kindred honorable obligations, sinks under charges of plagiarism c...
Mar 21, 2002 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn
2002 Remake of Boys’ Town 2002 Remake of Boys’ Town
He ain't heavy, Father, he's my brother. I can take him by myself from here. Also, after what we've all been reading, We don't like to have you priests too near.
Mar 21, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Contractions Contractions
It all began with a missing sheet of homework. "Contractions," my son had written very clearly in his assignment log. "What's this?" I asked when he announced he'd finished every...
Mar 21, 2002 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Kids Get Left in the Lurch When the ‘Values’ Cops Arrive Kids Get Left in the Lurch When the ‘Values’ Cops Arrive
Homosexuals, no matter how exemplary in training and emotional stability, continue to be the object of suspicion when it comes to parenthood, particularly in the state of Florida...
Mar 21, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer
A Princess’s Story A Princess’s Story
The church bells were pealing for Princess Margaret Rose (as she was known when she was a pretty and vivacious child) as I arrived on a bright, cold Sunday morning. Breaking with t...
Mar 14, 2002 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
God Changes Everything God Changes Everything
Let's say there was a school system or a chain of clinics on whose professional staff were a certain number of men who molested the children in their care and who, whenever this ...
Mar 14, 2002 / Column / Katha Pollitt