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Ellen Goodman: Bustiers and Niqabs
Oct 26, 2006 Whether they're donning a slutty Halloween costume or a full-body Islamic veil, many modern women believe they are making their own choices of self-representation -- but they're actually caught in a cultural vise.Ellen Goodman: Conflation of Church and State
Oct 19, 2006 The equation between "values voters" and conservative evangelical Christians has become so automatic that no one even noticed that the Values Voters Summit was held on Rosh Hashanah, a high holy day on the Jewish calendar.Ellen Goodman: Failures of Imagination
Sep 7, 2006 Here is something I never imagined five years ago: that America would lose its status as the good guy in the struggle against terrorism.Ellen Goodman: Popping the Cork Halfway on Plan B
Aug 10, 2006 With the FDA set to restrict over-the-counter sales of the "morning-after pill" to people over 18, right-wingers are sending the message to young girls that motherhood is their punishment for having sex.Ellen Goodman: Wedding Bells Only for Breeders?
Aug 3, 2006 Washington state's Supreme Court says it limited marriage to heterosexual couples in order to encourage procreation. OK, so what about straight couples that can't or don't want to have kids? Are they banned from marriage, too?Ellen Goodman: Putting a Wedge Between the Right and Loony Right
Jul 20, 2006 The columnist says Bush's veto of the stem cell bill has set him apart from his colleagues in the GOP and put him squarely in the ranks of the loony right. She also takes on a range of other "wedge issues" that have proved so divisive as to end up dividing even the staunchest conservatives.Ellen Goodman: What’s Eating Us About Eating Lobster?
Jul 13, 2006 The arguments for banning the cooking of live lobsters may have their merits, but by making lobster meat just another shrink-wrapped commodity we further disconnect ourselves from the food chain that sustains us.