The problem with the more subjective elements in journalism today, in my view, is not inventiveness per se but cynicism. During the ’80s it became extremely unfashionable to believe in anything or anyone who had anything to do with political life. It was as if the slightest taint of hope or admiration, or of in […]
Suzannah Lessard
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Kennedy’s Woman Problem—Women’s Kennedy Problem
The intelligent woman’s guide to the touchiest issue of the 1980 campaign.
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Civility, Community, and Humor: The Conservatism We Need
There are better elements in the conservative tradition than the defense of wealth and privilege.
Posted inDecember 1970, Magazine
Gay Is Good for Us All
Oh no, not the fairies too!” said a woman watching the Gay Liberation Movement march up Sixth Avenue last June, with a quizzical, good-humored expression on her face, as though they were so many puppies. “I’m from Ohio. I think it’s funny,” said a tourist. “I’d like to kick the shit out of them,” said […]
