Penn State’s Patriarchal Pastimes Penn State’s Patriarchal Pastimes
There is a message here about masculine privilege.
Nov 16, 2011 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Herman Cain: What Hi-Tech Lynching? Herman Cain: What Hi-Tech Lynching?
More than two weeks after the GOP candidate was accused of sexual harassment, Republican men still support him.
Nov 16, 2011 / Column / Melissa Harris-Perry
The Pundits Contemplate Herman Cain The Pundits Contemplate Herman Cain
I We’ve spent a month of this campaign In trying daily to explain The steady rise of Herman Cain. Through willingness to risk a strain In every muscle of the brain, We’ve laid out all we think germane To help the public ascertain Why Cain consistently can gain (Despite, some charge, a moral stain) Support that doesn’t seem to wane, No matter how we all complain That thinking voters might ordain For Cain a four-year White House reign Is truly—to be blunt—insane. II So far, our work has been in vain.
Nov 10, 2011 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Agony and Ecstasy—and ‘Disgrace’—of Steve Jobs The Agony and Ecstasy—and ‘Disgrace’—of Steve Jobs
While our tech-obsessed media fondled their iPhones, it was left to a courageous monologist to discover the real legacy of Apple's founder.
Nov 9, 2011 / Column / Eric Alterman
How Greece Exposed Europe’s Potemkin Democracy How Greece Exposed Europe’s Potemkin Democracy
It’s not surprising that Greece’s proposed referendum elicited such outrage. Europe doesn’t work like that.
Nov 9, 2011 / Column / Gary Younge
Twice Again, the Flat Tax Twice Again, the Flat Tax
Though Cain has said his flat tax plan would shatter The current code, is Perry’s flat tax flatter? Despite the chatter, does it really matter? For both would work to make the fat cats fatter.
Nov 2, 2011 / Column / Calvin Trillin
What OWS Can Learn From the Greek Protests What OWS Can Learn From the Greek Protests
The movement’s urgent challenge is to meet organized repression with organized resistance.
Nov 2, 2011 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Rick Perry, God and Me: When I Got the Call Rick Perry, God and Me: When I Got the Call
God called me one night and asked me to run for president. He almost talked me into it.
Nov 2, 2011 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Mu-Mu ♥ Condi Mu-Mu ♥ Condi
Muammar el-Qaddafi had an “eerie fascination” with Condoleezza Rice and kept a scrapbook on her.—News reports Though always with that nurse (the sexy blonde) he Apparently had quite a crush on Condi. So if you called her cold, then you forgot At least one guy sincerely found her hot.
Oct 26, 2011 / Column / Calvin Trillin
MSM to Liberals: ‘Ewww!’ MSM to Liberals: ‘Ewww!’
From the Times to NPR, the so-called liberal media has a phobia of liberals.
Oct 26, 2011 / Column / Eric Alterman