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Amber Waves of Blame Amber Waves of Blame

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May 27, 2009 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Unnatural Born Killer Unnatural Born Killer

A Wesleyan student is stalked and killed by a man with a gun and a mind full of hate.

May 13, 2009 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Better Living Through Torture Better Living Through Torture

I should have been a member of the torture creative class, because now I would be having a good life.

Apr 29, 2009 / Column / Katha Pollitt

What Do (Battered) Women Want? What Do (Battered) Women Want?

We take it for granted that when men hit, it's up to women to run away. Except, some of them stay.

Apr 15, 2009 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Mad About Michelle Mad About Michelle

Yesterday's fist-bumping radical is today's mom in chief.

Apr 2, 2009 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Love Me, I’m a Conservative Love Me, I’m a Conservative

Atlantic blogger Ross Douthat joins the New York Times's op-ed lineup. Depressing.

Mar 18, 2009 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Lifestyles of the Rich and Generous? Lifestyles of the Rich and Generous?

Will the skewed values of the boom years give way to a spirit of generosity toward the poor?

Mar 5, 2009 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Freedom of Speech, Round 5,425 Freedom of Speech, Round 5,425

Two decades after the Ayatollah Khomeini called for a fatwa against Salman Rushdie, not much has changed on either side of the cultural divide.

Feb 18, 2009 / Column / Katha Pollitt

The Kindness of Strangers The Kindness of Strangers

The global economic crisis is showing how wishful was the notion that philanthropy could save the world.

Feb 4, 2009 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Stimulating Reading Stimulating Reading

The economy of reading is rapidly collapsing. If we can bail out banks, why not the book industry?

Jan 22, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Katha Pollitt

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