When an actress takes off her clothes onscreen but a nursing mother is told to leave, what message do we send about the roles of women? In some ways we're as committed to the old madonna-whore dichotomy as ever. And…

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Ignorant free speech often works against the speaker. That is one of several reasons why...

Ignorant free speech often works against the speaker. That is one of several reasons why...

I will never understand people who think that the way to show their righteous opposition...

I will never understand people who think that the way to show their righteous opposition...

I think that anyone who comes upon a Nautilus machine suddenly will agree with me...

I think that anyone who comes upon a Nautilus machine suddenly will agree with me...

Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and...

Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and...

If I get the forty additional years statisticians say are likely coming to me, I...

If I get the forty additional years statisticians say are likely coming to me, I...

The future is built on brains, not prom court, as most people can tell you...

The future is built on brains, not prom court, as most people can tell you...

I would even go to Washington, which is saying something for me, just to glimpse...

I would even go to Washington, which is saying something for me, just to glimpse...

The clearest explanation for the failure of any marriage is that the two people are...

The clearest explanation for the failure of any marriage is that the two people are...

I'm sure not afraid of success and I've learned not to be afraid of failure....

I'm sure not afraid of success and I've learned not to be afraid of failure....

The greatest public health threat for many American women is the men they live with.

The greatest public health threat for many American women is the men they live with.

Look back, to slavery, to suffrage, to integration and one thing is clear. Fashions in...

Look back, to slavery, to suffrage, to integration and one thing is clear. Fashions in...

I read and walked for miles at night along the beach, writing bad blank verse...

I read and walked for miles at night along the beach, writing bad blank verse...

The victim mentality may be the last uncomplicated thing about life in America.

The victim mentality may be the last uncomplicated thing about life in America.

Life is not so much about beginnings and endings as it is about going on...

Life is not so much about beginnings and endings as it is about going on...

There is little premium in poetry in a world that thinks of Pound and Whitman...

There is little premium in poetry in a world that thinks of Pound and Whitman...

People always blame the girl; she should have said no. A monosyllable, but conventional wisdom...

People always blame the girl; she should have said no. A monosyllable, but conventional wisdom...

All parents should be aware that when they mock or curse gay people, they may...

All parents should be aware that when they mock or curse gay people, they may...

Somewhere between a third and a quarter of all people living in America today were...

Somewhere between a third and a quarter of all people living in America today were...

Ideas are only lethal if you suppress and don't discuss them. Ignorance is not bliss,...

Ideas are only lethal if you suppress and don't discuss them. Ignorance is not bliss,...

There is something so settled and stodgy about turning a great romance into next of...

There is something so settled and stodgy about turning a great romance into next of...