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Novelists Talk About Their Books on Free DVDs for Reading Groups
Ouch! Since I wrote this, the hard drive on my Mac laptop has apparently crashed. I hope to get it fixed in the next day or two. In the meantime, I’ll try to post on computers at a library, wher… more →
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Stalking the Essay: A Conference Report
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wrote 1 month ago: A guest post from Virginia Lloyd recapping last weekend’s Stalking the Essay Conference: Phill … more →
Why Did Liberals Support the Iraq War?
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wrote 1 month ago: In September 2005, on the fourth anniversary of 9/11, The Nation ran a long piece I did on liberal s … more →
Leaning In
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wrote 2 months ago: (Photo credit: Wikipedia) One of the wonderful things about being rich and famous (aside from being … more →
A Sinking Ship? 2 politicians jump, there may be a 3rd.
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wrote 3 months ago: More news on the Brooklyn/BDS controversy: 1.Yet another signatory to the Lewis Fidler letter, which … more →
Voices for the ERA: Thank you, Katha Pollitt
wrote 3 months ago: Before you read, please sign the White House Petition if you haven’t already! Vigorously suppo … more →
It’s Still Not Safe to Read The Nation
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wrote 6 months ago: Update I (below): I thought it was safe to read The Nation again, since election season is over. I w … more →
Obama and Women's Healthcare
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wrote 9 months ago: While I was working on the last post about Akin, Ryan etc., I ran across this great summary of what … more →
Common Dreams - Katha Pollitt - Gun Control? Dream On. - 12 August 2012
wrote 9 months ago: Why am I even bothering to write about gun control? That was going to be my opening sentence when th … more →
10 Feminist Poets You Should Know
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wrote 1 year ago: When we think of feminist poetry, we think of Adrienne Rich, one of the most influential poets of th … more →
Katha Pollitt> Women: Occupy the Left
wrote 1 year ago: Women: Occupy the Left Katha Pollitt May 2, 2012 | This article appeared in the May 21, 2012 … more →
I may not be able to think. . .
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wrote 1 year ago: . . . but I can link. Or steal, as it were, this time from Katha Pollitt: But the brouhaha over Hila … more →
What Katha Said
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wrote 1 year ago: Katha Pollitt writing in the Nation about the Hilary Rosen/Ann Romney fracas: But the brouhaha over … more →
National Poetry Month: April 19th
wrote 1 year ago: Angels by Katha Pollitt They thought the job would be more musical: Rainbows and trumpets. They … more →
Fiction, Non-Fiction, "Popularity," and "Seriousness"
wrote 1 year ago: Back in December-January, I wrote a series of posts on fiction and non-fiction writers, in particula … more →
Women in novies: Does it pass the Bechdel Test?
wrote 1 year ago: Octavia Spencer and Viola Davis in The Help The new movie Fishing for Salmon in the Yemen is notable … more →
Love for Sale: Birth Control from Marx to Mises
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wrote 1 year ago: From Marx… In On the Jewish Question, Marx famously critiques liberal theorists of religious freedom … more →
When Mitt Romney Declared War Against The Catholic Church
wrote 1 year ago: A mildly provocative title, no? Brilliant tactician, deep thinker, faithful husband Newt Gingrich re … more →
Fiction, Non-Fiction, Essays, Posterity
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wrote 1 year ago: A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a post disagreeing with Katha Pollitt’s claim that (roughly), E … more →
Progressives, Truth-telling, and Human Rights Issues
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wrote 1 year ago: Revised version: Thanks to Glenn Greenwald’s mentions of my Jan. 6 post on this site, and thanks to … more →
