She wrote an essay defending a man jailed because of political postings on his Web site.

One would have to search far and wide to find another contemporary novelist writing articulate essays defending the theology of John Calvin or the moral and social lives of the Puritans.

In June, the editor in chief then of the group's magazine, The American Enterprise, wrote a long essay defending Wal-Mart against critics.

Rechy had written an essay defending Friedkin's right to make the film, although not defending the film itself.

He became famous, through his Ciencia española (1878), a collection of polemical essays defending the national tradition against the attacks of political and religious reformers.

She edited a collection of essays defending freedom, which was not published, and a pamphlet The Case for the Future, which was banned by the censor.

Additionally, Benham contributed an essay defending the reputation of William Gilbert, asserting that "though Gilbert's actual discoveries were few and crude, he must be judged rather by the spirit of his work."

When it came time to decide who would write the essay defending the two-senators-per-state provision, Madison drew the short straw.

T. S. Eliot, whose tolerance for stuffiness was unsurpassed, began an essay defending Ben Jonson by admitting that the 17th-century poet and playwright was "read only by historians and antiquaries."

But it also contained a long essay defending the bizarre notion, originally promulgated by Rousseau, that there was much to be learned from those untouched by the decadent influence of civilization.