Category Archives: Politics

To Die For: The Rise In Antigay Violence

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Jeff Nishball

A man was killed last Friday night. A gay man in the West Village. Jeff Nishball writes about Mark Carson’s murder and the state of homophobia today. Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged gay marriage, homophobia, Mark Carson, Stonewall | 9 Comments

Ronald Reagan, The Greatest President Who Ever Lived

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Sean Beaudoin

The naming of an airport wasn’t enough. President Reagan should be sainted. Sean Beaudoin offers two thousand words, a scene from St. Elmo’s Fire, plus the head of Rob Lowe to prove it. Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged Culture Club, Delusion, Ed Meese, Eden Pastora, Elliott Abrams, Everyone I hated, Grenada, Iran, Joan Quigley, Leon Czogolz, Margaret Thatcher, Nancy Reagan, Rob Lowe, Ronald Reagan, St. Elmo's Fire, The Awful Decade, The Brat Pack | 8 Comments

Angelina Jolie and I Have Two Different Health Care Systems

Posted on May 20, 2013 by Deborah Johnstone

Angelina Jolie made a choice unavailable to many women, writes Deborah Johnstone. Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged 37 times, Angelina Jolie, double mastectomy, Obamacare, universal healthcare | 1 Comment

Bush in Rehab

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Greg Olear

Is it possible to construct an argument that George W. Bush was not a terrible president? Greg Olear gives it the college try. Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged 9/11, Charles Krauthammer, David French, epic fail, failure, George W. Bush, James Buchanan, Katrina, Mona Charen, presidential rankings, Warren G Harding | 2 Comments

Hillary in the (White) House

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Anna March

Anna March lays out why we should all be excited about electing the first woman president. Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged Barach Obama, campaign 2016, Carl Bernstein, Hillary Clinton | 3 Comments

The Art of the Guild

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Jennifer Sky

Freemasonry seems old-fashioned, if not obsolete. But Jennifer Sky argues that writers of the digital age have a lot to learn from the freemasons. Continue reading →

Posted in Literature, Politics | Tagged AOL/Huffington Post, digital age, freemasonry, media rights, unions, writers | Leave a comment

Looking at the Numbers Trouble: The VIDA Count and Me

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Zoe Zolbrod

Twenty years before VIDA started collecting statistics that revealed how many more men than women were featured in premier literary publications, Zoe Zolbrod noticed the same kind of disparity. She tried to talk herself out of paying attention, until VIDA’s numbers helped her remember why she should. Continue reading →

Posted in Literature, Politics | Tagged Alice Munro, AWP, Beyonce, E.J. Graff, feminism, gender bias, Girls, Granta, Jeannette Winterson, Katha Pollitt, Lorrie Moore, Marixsm, Martha Bayne, Mary Gaitskill, Maxine, Sheryl Sandberg, The Collagist, The Nation, the New Yorker, The Paris Review, Tin House, VIDA | 1 Comment