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
Fighting for America’s Energy Independence Fighting for America’s Energy Independence
Renewables are coming on strong, despite fat subsidies for oil and coal.
Mar 28, 2002 / Feature / Matt Bivens
Sonnet: Against Making Blood Speak Out Sonnet: Against Making Blood Speak Out
If I die one day from the bullet of a young killer-- a Palestinian who crosses the northern border-- or from the blast of a hand grenade he throws, or in a bomb explosion while I'...
Mar 28, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Meir Wieseltier
The Fishnet Fallacy The Fishnet Fallacy
When a girl becomes her school's designated slut, her friends stop talking to her. Pornographic rumors spread with dazzling efficiency, boys harass her openly in the hallways, gir...
Mar 28, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Elaine Blair
Letters Letters
KUCINICH SHINES FOR ALL Eugene, Ore. As John Nichols's "Kucinich Rocks the Boat" [March 25] indicates, Representative Dennis Kucinich has become a shooting s...
Mar 28, 2002 / Alexander Cockburn and Our Readers
Song of the Sunshine State Song of the Sunshine State
Campbell McGrath's entertaining and frustrating fifth book of poems--every single one of them devoted to some aspect of Florida--raises two large questions. One has to do with rep...
Mar 28, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Burt
Free Trade Bush’s Way Free Trade Bush’s Way
On the eve of George W. Bush's recent tour of Latin America, Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes equated the advantages of a global free market with the peaks of the Himalayas, characte...
Mar 28, 2002 / Marc Cooper
Is There a Future for Pacifica? Is There a Future for Pacifica?
The jury is still out on whether it can restore, let alone enhance, its influence.
Mar 28, 2002 / Feature / Susan J. Douglas
Housing: An LA Story Housing: An LA Story
Two years after a tragic accident, activists are celebrating a major victory.
Mar 28, 2002 / Feature / Peter Dreier and Kelly Candaele