In 1977, I got a magazine assignment to cover the trial of Roman Polanski. My daughter Holly, who came with me, was then thirteen--the same age as the girl Polanski was accused of seducing.
Megan Carpentier | Posted 10.06.2009 | Entertainment
Polanski, the master story-teller, has been refining his story for 30 years, weaving his little lies one by one into a cloak intended to shield him from both moral judgment and the legal system.
Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 09.28.2009 | Entertainment
Changing people's attitudes about the rich and famous, or their ingrained gender biases, is a slow process, but that's where laws come in handy: some problems do have solutions.
Glenn Sacks | Posted 07.12.2009 | Politics
A million and a half American women legally walk away from motherhood every year. By contrast, courts forbid men to avoid responsibility even the most extreme circumstances.
Thelma Adams | Posted 01.02.2009 | Entertainment
The Reader? It's goodish. And Kate Winslet is, as ever, brilliant. And it has Nazis, which elevates it on the Oscar nom scale. But it doesn't fully address the fact that Michael is a victim of abuse.
Paul Krassner | Posted 10.24.2009 | Entertainment