Borrowed Bodies Borrowed Bodies
In a New York courtroom, a jury must decide whether a hip-hop-loving young white man who beat a young black man with a baseball bat is guilty of assault or a hate crime.
Jun 8, 2006 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Felonious Intent Felonious Intent
The prosecution of an 8-year-old in New York for wrongful homicide in a school bus accident invokes the "wild child" hysteria of the Central Park jogger case.
May 25, 2006 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Yumi, Yumi, Yumi Yumi, Yumi, Yumi
Why is it that We the People are so obsessed with whether singing our national anthem in Spanish is an affront to our union?
May 11, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Patricia J. Williams
The Deciderator The Deciderator
Bush's goofily unmoored positioning of himself as "the decider" duncifies us all.
Apr 27, 2006 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
A Short History of the Pads of Brillo A Short History of the Pads of Brillo
Martians visiting planet Earth are mystified by the racist ruckus over Representative Cynthia McKinney's hair.
Apr 13, 2006 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Jeu de Vivre Jeu de Vivre
The real world is becoming more like a computer game every day. I worry that the computer itself is breeding little cyberhumans who will wander among us, sucking the humanity out o...
Mar 31, 2006 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Truth or Consequences Truth or Consequences
OK, kids: With conservatives on the hunt for dangerous left-wing academics, take this SAT (Save America from Treachery) test. See if you can tell the difference between a terroris...
Mar 16, 2006 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Perfect Knowledge, Perfect Ignorance Perfect Knowledge, Perfect Ignorance
The Dubai flap is no surprise, considering Bush always promised to run America like a corporation--even if the corporation is Enron.
Mar 2, 2006 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Emotional Truth Emotional Truth
In a DNA-driven search for biological roots, it behooves us to be less romantic about connecting with our ancestors. If we biologize our history, we will be forever less than we co...
Feb 16, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Patricia J. Williams
All the King’s Horses… All the King’s Horses…
Worry about the CIA's new Open Source Center, which aims to piece together all sorts of unclassified information to create a broad picture of where trouble is likely to arise.
Feb 2, 2006 / Column / Patricia J. Williams