Stories by Jane Smiley
Jane Smiley is a novelist and essayist. Her novel A Thousand Acres won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1992.
The Sarah Palin pick is an attempt to turn the women's movement upside down, offering someone who reinforces patriarchal power.
Posted on Sep 1, 2008, Source: Huffington Post
When Barack Obama tells the truth about conditions as we know them Hillary takes the low road.
Posted on Apr 14, 2008, Source: Huffington Post
There's no excuse for adding a war-monger with blood on his hands to the NYT's op-ed page.
Posted on Jan 5, 2008, Source: Huffington Post
We should take the criminality of the Bush administration's torture policy seriously, and that means making sure they are not above the law.
(Also: A waterboarding simulation photoseries.)Posted on Nov 3, 2007, Source: Huffington Post
Americans will always have guns. But it would be nice if the gun-toting right wing admitted that there is a price we pay.
Posted on Apr 18, 2007, Source: Huffington Post
Let's put it this way: Carpet bombing is much more costly in every way than good intelligence and loyal allies. It's a pocketbook issue.
Posted on Mar 22, 2007, Source: Huffington Post
The longer Bush is in office, the more his psychology becomes clear. He's not a well-meaning doofus; he's a madman.
Posted on Jan 17, 2007, Source: Huffington Post
There aren't many tyrants in history who can truthfully say they put the entire future of civilization at risk just to make a buck -- but Dick Cheney can.
Posted on Oct 28, 2006, Source: Huffington Post
Since Reagan's election, our government has catered to the needs of corporations that refuse to accept the destructive consequences of their actions.
Posted on Aug 23, 2006, Source: Huffington Post
Temper tantrums, blaming others, revenge-seeking, destruction of property, deceitfulness and stealing -- it all adds up to a grim diagnosis.
Posted on May 16, 2006, Source: Huffington Post
Why Islamic rioters in the Middle East and Europe are like South Carolinians during the American Civil War.
Posted on Feb 7, 2006, Source: Huffington Post
