Luck and success
Well of course luck has something to do with success. But the basics must be there in terms of brains, drive, and ability, or it won’t work out in the long run even with some luck. I don’t think much … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Men and women; marriage and divorce and sex
School shooters and fatherlessness
The Parkland shooting seems to have inspired a surge of references to the alleged fatherlessness of most school shooters (and even of most mass murderers). This article is fairly typical of such pieces, for example, and I see similar assertions … Continue reading →
The problem with articles like Ronan Farrow’s about Trump’s alleged affair…
…is that it apparently assumes we care. I haven’t read the article and I do not know the details except what I’ve read in a couple of summaries, nor do I have a clue if the allegations in it are … Continue reading →
Love among the finches
Of course, I’m not sure it’s appropriate to call it “love,” but on Valentine’s Day what else can I call it? Nature is absolutely extraordinary: Dr. Woolley’s lab has been looking into the acoustic systems of zebra, bengalese and long-tailed … Continue reading →
Meeting cute in New York apartments
Here’s an article in the NY Post about couples who met because they lived near one another in apartment buildings. Then they fell in love and got married. It used to be a somewhat common way to meet. Apparently it … Continue reading →
Margaret Atwood: feminist vs. feminist
Margaret Atwood, feminist icon, has gotten into trouble. It’s part of what I’ve come to see as a generational war between certain older feminists who still hold to quaint old-fashioned notions such as due process, and certain younger ones who … Continue reading →
Stormy Daniels told tales of Trump
Not only is Trump cognitively challenged and ill and old and crazy, but he had an affair with a porn star (“Stormy Daniels”) eleven years ago. Hey, why not? Except that maybe he didn’t. Just like maybe he’s not cognitively … Continue reading →
Here’s my advice, Grace
“Grace” is not actually her name. But she’s the woman whose tell-all story of a bad date with comedian Aziz Ansari (nope, never heard of him before, but I sure have now) has gone viral. I’m not at all sure … Continue reading →
Political sex scandal du jour
I couldn’t be more weary of these sex scandals. The latest concerns a guy who’s never been on my radar screen until today: Missouri governor Eric Greitens, who is alleged to have had an affair in 2015 and threatened to … Continue reading →
American teens are delaying sex more
This seems like good news: Fewer U.S. teens are sexually active these days, as many wait until later in high school to try sex for the first time, a new report reveals. But the numbers are still shocking, at least … Continue reading →
Peter Martins quits
This story may not mean much to you, but it does to me: in the midst of allegations of abuse, Peter Martins has retired from the directorship of the New York City Ballet, although he denies any wrongdoing. Here’s more … Continue reading →
Talking about “Cat Person”
You may have heard there’s been a lot of internet buzz about a recent New Yorker short story called “Cat Person,” especially among young people. It’s about a 20-year-old college student who meets an “older man” (he turns out to … Continue reading →