Op Eds
Centering the Health-Care Debate
Correcting health care should not be construed primarily as a matter of dollars and cents, but seen as a referendum, in essence, on public morality.
Chavez Can’t Shun the Spotlight
Chavez’s thirst to feel famous should stay out of foreign affairs, especially when this fame comes from the threat of armed conflict.
Dream of a Universal Bookstore
The challenge of looking for an elusive book is one of the singular joys of scholarship for me, part of what rescues it from becoming a mere exercise in pedantry or reinterpretation
Something More
We have descended into a paradox. Sex gives us meaning—but is a meaningless end in itself.
Drugs Without Borders
A recent law to legalize possession of small amounts of drugs in Mexico is a step in the right direction, but much more remains to be done.
And Every Gain Divine…
The amount that some people are paid—especially those who are paid with the country’s common cents—seems to lack all common sense.
A Look at the Vook
If the rise of the vook provides an occasion to deliver any sort of eulogy, the eulogy must not be for the object of the book itself, but rather for the traditional reader—an essential but tragically uncommon character in the narrative of this Information Age.
The Abstinence Mystique
From what I’ve deduced from TLR’s platform, there seems to be little room for gender non-conformity and even less room for choice.
