Eight Is Enough Eight Is Enough
With the birth of Nadya Suleman's octuplets, we confront the virtues of motherhood, the ethics of fertility clinics and the myths we still concoct about childless women's worth.
Feb 12, 2009 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Drowning Our Sorrows, Lifting a Glass Drowning Our Sorrows, Lifting a Glass
A sobering toast to the dubious achievements of the worst president in American history.
Jan 15, 2009 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
American Dreams American Dreams
If the American Dream is a form of worship, we need new totems to fit new and troubled times.
Dec 11, 2008 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Uncooperative Housing Uncooperative Housing
As our spanking-new era of optimism dawns, ask yourself, How integrated is your neighborhood?
Nov 13, 2008 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Predatory Scapegoating Predatory Scapegoating
The real scandal of the year is that Eliot Spitzer, brought low by his own bad behavior, had predatory lenders in his sights.
Oct 16, 2008 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Lipstick Jungle Lipstick Jungle
Andy Warhol would have loved Sarah Palin. She really is the ultimate soup can.
Sep 18, 2008 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Tested, Tried, Untrue Tested, Tried, Untrue
Critiques of Obama's suitability for the presidency are bookended by astonishingly contradictory stereotypes.
Aug 13, 2008 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Movin’ On Down Movin’ On Down
Loan-sharking has resurged with global force, cutting across class, race and regions: we're all in the ghetto now.
Jun 26, 2008 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Character Assassinations Character Assassinations
Why does the fraudulence of the Republican machine remain so widely known and so persistently ignored?
May 29, 2008 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Let Them Eat Waffles Let Them Eat Waffles
How can Barack Obama--or any candidate--overcome the sad hypocrisy of our public discourse?
May 1, 2008 / Column / Patricia J. Williams