Anti-Choice, Anti-Child Anti-Choice, Anti-Child
One of the favorite tactics of pro-lifers--especially ones who are self-described "progressives"--is to accuse abortion rights supporters of being anti-child, hyperindividualisti...
Oct 28, 1999 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Thoughts About Kenneth Starr as He Leaves Office Thoughts About Kenneth Starr as He Leaves Office
Some ask, “Is there a more self-righteous man?” Or “Was he really out for Clinton’s blood?” Some citizens are left with only this: “Amazing how…
Oct 21, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Fashion Statements Fashion Statements
October is here, and once again it's time for post-season playoffs, foliage and fashion magazines thicker than the Old Testament with seasonal guidance for the young and voguish.
Oct 21, 1999 / Column / Eric Alterman
More Nixon Tapes Released More Nixon Tapes Released
Among his more peculiar views, He thought all Communists were Jews. Historians must ponder how He managed to account for Mao.
Oct 14, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Calvin Trillin
Catholic Bashing? Catholic Bashing?
My father disapproved of the "Sensation" show at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. He thought it was bad for the Jews.
Oct 14, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Katha Pollitt
On Gary Bauer’s Announcement That He Is Not Having an Affair With a Young Staff Member On Gary Bauer’s Announcement That He Is Not Having an Affair With a Young Staff Member
Could we have thought that Gary Bauer Would trifle with, perhaps deflower, A youngish person not at all his bride? Could we believe this stern avower
Oct 7, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Navigating The Atlantic Navigating The Atlantic
Michael Kelly said all the right things upon being appointed to head the 142-year-old beacon of American letters, The Atlantic Monthly.
Oct 7, 1999 / Column / Eric Alterman
Adieu, Dan Quayle Adieu, Dan Quayle
Farewell, once more, J. Danforth Quayle. Although we know it's sad to fail, Remember, you were once obscure-- Considered lightweight, immature.
Sep 30, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin
A Euro Without a Europe A Euro Without a Europe
"The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting," writes Milan Kundera in The Book of Laughter and Forgetting. But in the US media today, nothing ...
Sep 23, 1999 / Column / Eric Alterman
A Demographic Analysis of the Reform Party A Demographic Analysis of the Reform Party
This party's what diversity is all about: There's no variety of wacko that's left out.
Sep 23, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin