Power and the Word Power and the Word
A few weeks ago, if you recall, Britain's Prince Harry was having himself a high old time at a Colonials and Natives party to which he came costumed as a Nazi officer.
Feb 10, 2005 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Shrieking Violets Shrieking Violets
There I was, in the basement of the Margaret Mitchell House in Atlanta, enjoying a private tour of the place.
Jan 27, 2005 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Buying In, Selling Out Buying In, Selling Out
"The black pseudo leader is a parasite," wrote black pseudo-leader Armstrong Williams in October 2004.
Jan 13, 2005 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
From Birmingham to Baghdad From Birmingham to Baghdad
I, Condoleezza Rice, was leaning over the kitchen sink, hacking up a half-dozen or so rotisserie chickens and slinging the parts into a serving dish in time for the first of the ...
Nov 24, 2004 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Taking the Hospital Taking the Hospital
In the postelection world, holding evangelical Protestantism up to the light has become all the rage, which does seem somewhat like shutting the barn door after the horse has lef...
Nov 11, 2004 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Voting Blocks Voting Blocks
Six more days till the election. As of this writing (October 27), nothing is certain. The election polls are bouncing around like yo-yos.
Oct 28, 2004 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Wonderland Wonderland
It is exasperating listening to the news as we approach this most important election. The coverage is all about comparing the length of the candidate's sentences. How many big wo...
Sep 30, 2004 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
All Creatures Great and Small All Creatures Great and Small
It was an odd dream: The Bush twins were ten feet tall and peering in my window. They were snickering. "We had a hamster too..." they were saying, as though it were the merriest ...
Sep 16, 2004 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Economic Bad Boys Economic Bad Boys
When the "scrawny boy from Austria" delivered his peroration against faint-hearted "economic girlie men," it was an unusually seductive, even witty, appeal to a notion of free en...
Sep 2, 2004 / Column / Patricia J. Williams