Elizabeth Dole Elizabeth Dole
Get set again for Liddy Dole. She's back, to let the good times roll. She's entering another race, Her hair and diction all in place. (Her hair is even more precise Than tha...
Apr 11, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin
US Jews Cannot Acquiesce to Sharon’s Monstrous Behavior US Jews Cannot Acquiesce to Sharon’s Monstrous Behavior
What does it mean to be Jewish?
Apr 9, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer
Lying in State Lying in State
How cool is Jennifer Harbury? She is currently arguing her own case before the Supreme Court, demanding the right to sue the government because, she maintains, its leaders delibe...
Apr 4, 2002 / Column / Eric Alterman
Twenty Years On Twenty Years On
Here we are, twenty years on, and the reports of the Israeli army smashing its way through Palestinian towns remind me of what came out of Lebanon as Sharon and his invading army...
Apr 4, 2002 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
The Middle East Troubles: A Summary The Middle East Troubles: A Summary
They give each other tit for tat. The next tat may get Arafat.
Apr 4, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Tests, Tracking and Derailment Tests, Tracking and Derailment
As state budgets around the country are slashed to accommodate the expense of the war on terror, the pursuit of educational opportunity for all seems ever more elusive. While sta...
Apr 4, 2002 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Bush Fiddled While Mideast Burned Bush Fiddled While Mideast Burned
There is enough blame to go around for the events that have turned the Camp David promise of peace into the killing fields of the Mideast without dragging in President Bush.
Apr 2, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer
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