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.subscribe to Jane Smiley's rss feed

5 Ways to Make Divorce Beneficial to Your Children

Posted on Nov 12, 2010, Source: Huffington Post

In America, you are never supposed to treat divorce with anything but appalled lamentations. Here's an alternative.

There's No Reason to Be Afraid of Taking on Sarah Palin

Posted on Sep 1, 2008, Source: Huffington Post

The Sarah Palin pick is an attempt to turn the women's movement upside down, offering someone who reinforces patriarchal power.

Obama Gets Honest About Small Town America's Decay, Elitists Lash out

Posted on Apr 14, 2008, Source: Huffington Post

When Barack Obama tells the truth about conditions as we know them Hillary takes the low road.

Jane Smiley: Bill Kristol in the NY Times Means I'm Done With the Paper

Posted on Jan 5, 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.

Bush Is Right to Worry If Waterboarding Is Defined as Torture

Posted on Nov 3, 2007, 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.)

What I Think About Guns

Posted on Apr 18, 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.

Conservatives Cost a Lot of Money

Posted on Mar 22, 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.

The Psychology Behind the Worst Possible President

Posted on Jan 17, 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.

The End of the World As We Know It?

Posted on Oct 28, 2006, 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.

Big Ag, Oil and Tobacco Will Kill You For a Profit

Posted on Aug 23, 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.

George W. Bush's Disorderly Conduct

Posted on May 16, 2006, Source: Huffington Post

Temper tantrums, blaming others, revenge-seeking, destruction of property, deceitfulness and stealing -- it all adds up to a grim diagnosis.

Cartoons and the Honor Wars

Posted on Feb 7, 2006, Source: Huffington Post

Why Islamic rioters in the Middle East and Europe are like South Carolinians during the American Civil War.
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