HEALTH/SPORT

We Eat by the Grace of Nature, Not by the Grace of Monsanto

September 12, 2012   ·   0 Comments

By Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez: “Organic, schmorganic,” fumes New York Times columnist Roger Cohen sarcastically in an article entitled “The Organic Fable.” He bases his sweeping dismissal of the ...

Dads: Your Bad Habits Can Pass Down to Your Children

By Hanna Rosin: After reading Judith Shulevitz fascinating op-ed in the New York Times this week about new research showing how a man’s “lifestyle choices” will affect his future children, I found myself imagining...

A Play-by-Play of The New York Times’ Ridiculous Video of Serena and Venus Playing … Dress Up

By Laura Gottesdiener: Don’t get me wrong. I’m happy that Serena and Venus are on the cover of The New York Times magazine this week. Sure, ...

Sexist Olympic Coverage: Lady Athletes Have Ladybits Edition

By Chloe: Last weekend, I had the great fortune of seeing the US women’s water polo team play Italy at Olympic Park in London...

Is the US Olympic System as Abusive as China’s?

By Dave Zirin: The spectacle of the 2012 London Olympics should be subtitled: “the bashing of the Chinese Athlete.” Yesterday, Andrew Jacobs of the New York Times published ...

Boobies in the Pool! Why the New York Times Was Right To Focus on Water Polo’s Wardrobe Malfunctions

By Natasha Geiling: For the first year of my high school water polo career, I was really, really bad.

Was the New York Times Too Mean to Lolo Jones?

By Joe Coscarelli: On Sunday, the New York Times took its claws out and went snarky and sexist on American sprinter Lolo Jones, declaring that the attention she received ...

The New York Times Goes After Hurdler Lolo Jones and Gets Olympic Sexism Wrong

By Alyssa Rosenberg: Over the weekend, as Olympic gymnastics and swimming competitions wound down and London and the world geared up for track and field, the New ...

What’s The Right Way To Be A Female Olympic Athlete?

By LORI: Over the weekend Jeré Longman of the New York Times published this piece about female Olympic hurdler Lolo Jones. It is by all accounts pretty scathing. Alyssa Rosenberg calls it ...

Lessons from the Olympics, by David Brooks

By Marie Burns: “Abraham Lincoln … was right about slavery.” It’s good to know that New York Times columnist David Brooks is on the right side ...

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