by Merle Hoffman Nothing focuses the mind like the prospect of death. Contemplating the cessation of being immediately changes priorities. …
by Merle Hoffman All told 1985 was not an unusually dangerous year. There had been a rash of fire bombings …
by Merle Hoffman In the morning that I would be posing for photographers for an upcoming profile in Lears magazine …
by Merle Hoffman In some ways my personal and political ties with Russia seem to have an uncanny quality -almost like destiny. …
by Merle Hoffman Ionce attended a small social gathering which included a woman who professed great skill in analyzing people …
by Merle Hoffman It was one of those defining moments: I am watching the finals of the Miss USA pageant …
by Merle Hoffman Ihave this fantasy. It’s a variation on that wonderful scene in the movie “Network,” when the eccentric, …
by Merle Hoffman rowing up in Philadelphia in the 1950s was a special kind of wasteland. a time when one’s …
The first time I heard it was in Detroit in 1982. The words shot out at me like bullets, creating …
by Merle Hoffman It is the two outlaw women giving the ultimate “fuck you” to the patriarchy I never really …
by Merle Hoffman I have always had a problem with a style of consistency that demands seeing things in black …
It was 1984, and Ronald Reagan was in the fourth year of his presidency. The country was awash in the …
by Merle Hoffman I have an old friend who lives in North Miami. She’s bright, solidly middle class, married and …
by Merle Hoffman “It was the prison that had proved the best school. A more painful, but a more vital, …
I am going to miss Ronald Reagan. Miss him in places of personal history and political passion. Miss him in …
It seemed to have happened quietly, quickly, very subtly. It was there, overshadowing everything else, demanding immediate attention – The …
by Merle Hoffman “I love your enemies because they drive you to my arms for comfort” -Edna St. Vincent Millay …
by Merle Hoffman learned about paddings accidentally many years ago. It was in a time before my consciousness was raised. …
by Merle Hoffman The question came at me from left field. It was raining, cold and very early in the …
by Merle Hoffman MH: How did you achieve your level of political consciousness and activism? PK: One of my mottos is that …
by Merle Hoffman have always worn a lot of black, even when it was out of fashion. Perhaps it was …
by Merle Hoffman It was the pots and pans that finally activated me. I had followed the case for days …
by Merle Hoffman November, 1985 did not come quietly for me. It was a month of immersion in violence and …
by Merle Hoffman I am overhearing a phone conversation – the tone of the speaker is intimate – concerned – …
by Merle Hoffman It was Mother’s Day and the son of William Schroeder was responding to repeated questions on David …
by Merle Hoffman In the cheaper stores, it’s much more obvious – Sometimes there’s a big sign announcing that everything …
by Merle Hoffman The Rev. Beatrice Blair has served as Executive Director of National NARAL and as chair of its …
by Merle Hoffman With Volume V, On the Issues is pleased to welcome two contributing editors: Florence Kennedy and Irene …
by Merle Hoffman She must have been in her mid-40s. The lines and depressions in her face testified to a …
by Merle Hoffman She must have been in her mid-40s. The lines and depressions in her face testified to a …
by Merle Hoffman I remember it distinctly the point in time when I became political: it was summer, 1976, and …
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