Word: confessionally
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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The California decision, which reinforces the rights of suspected criminals, comes just when many observers have been predicting a legal shift in exactly the opposite direction. President Nixon's four appointees to the Supreme Court are all expected to lean toward a tightening of criminal-law procedures. But the...
We thus wish to prevent the enshrining of Dr. Ellsberg, but we do not deny his achievement, nor the value of his advocating resistance, nor his suitability, in many ways, as a role-model for young activists. His action was clearly inspiring and unites three themes of the American crisis...
Almost more inspiring than the release of the Pentagon Papers is Dr. Ellsberg's confession that, having passed the age of 40, he found he had wasted his life. Such an admission to one's self, much less to an admiring audience, is an act of courage; one must not...
What makes Redux exciting is, ultimately, the language. Updike again uses the terse, present tense sentences of Run, the texture of the novel deriving from Rabbit's rapid observations, what he smells, and touches. As the world crowds Rabbit, Updike's precision grows accordingly, down to the news stories Harry...
The titles are titillating-and similar to those on the cover of any pulp magazine. But True To Life is published by Emory University, and it is meant to teach, not tease. Noting that most of the women who went to Emory's birth-control clinic in Atlanta were...