Body Heat Body Heat
After the Kinsey Report but before the first Penthouse Forum, John Updike wrote, "He kneels in a kind of sickness between her spread legs.
Dec 2, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Mark Lotto
Stop Crying, Start Working Stop Crying, Start Working
How long did it take Republicans to write their thank-you note to the Christian right? About five minutes.
Dec 2, 2004 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Sex & the Clergy Sex & the Clergy
Exit poll results indicating that 22 percent of voters ranked moral values as the most important factor in their support for a presidential candidate have occupied more than thei...
Nov 24, 2004 / Frances Kissling
Banned in the USA Banned in the USA
To describe the election results of November 2 as a setback for LGBT rights is an understatement.
Nov 11, 2004 / Christopher Lisotta
Mary Cheney, Mary Cheney Mary Cheney, Mary Cheney
Reservists mutiny in Iraq, old people keel over standing in line for flu shots and all sorts of cats leap out of Bush's bag of secrets: According to Ron Suskind's revelatory New ...
Oct 22, 2004 / Column / Katha Pollitt
The L Word The L Word
Mary Cheney has devoted her entire career to providing cover for lesbian-hating organizations.
Oct 19, 2004 / Richard Kim
Follow the Money Follow the Money
The Christian right's comeback has been fueled by Bush Administration grants.
Oct 14, 2004 / Feature / Esther Kaplan
Roe = Dred Roe = Dred
Many viewers were puzzled when, toward the end of the second debate, George W. Bush answered a question about Supreme Court nominees by referring to the Dred Scott case.
Oct 14, 2004 / Katha Pollitt