Zabar’s is offering chocolate matzoh ice cream for Passover: The limited-edition Passover flavor is available through April 13 when Passover ends and is sold by the pint for $20, but there’s a lot to go into it for the price. … Continue reading →
In yesterday’s thread on a poll indicating a steep decline in patriotism in the US, commenter “charles” wrote: That is one thing that makes polls like this so disheartening; if more and more people believe that love of one’s country … Continue reading →
I’m trying to figure this one out: The reason why we love french fries, crisps and chocolate bars so much has less to do with a lack of willpower and more to do with the brain learning to prefer such … Continue reading →
…of switching cellphones. This doesn’t affect the blog, but any technical change stresses me out. Wish me luck! I find more and more that modern “conveniences” have become awfully complicated. I probably barely scratch the surface of what my cell … Continue reading →
I finally got around to watching a Netflix series someone close to me had recommended: “The Good Place,” which premiered between 2016 and 2020. I don’t tend to watch much TV, but I felt the need for some distraction, and … Continue reading →
Where I live, mid-March is still winter. Yes, tiny green shoots that will someday become daylilies have been poking up in the sunniest spots. But snow and ice storms can still happen for at least another month, and today there’s … Continue reading →
I continue to have somewhat surreal experiences with people who answer the phones these days. And I’m not talking about people who live in Bangladesh or wherever many seem to reside, I’m talking about right here in this country. For … Continue reading →
Take a look. No one could run like Ulanova, and no one even comes close now. Same for her bourrées, which are those quick and tiny steps all on pointe that make it seem as though the dancer is skimming … Continue reading →
Commenter “OBloodyHell” opines, in the Naomi Wolf thread: I do not believe you were truly “liberal” beforehand, Neo. I suspect you always had a part of your mind filled with doubt, conscious and unconscious of certain inconsistencies. Depends what you … Continue reading →
I usually try to take a long walk every day. It helps with – well, just about everything. And so when I was out west recently, I tried to keep it up most days. In some of the places I … Continue reading →
It might be, according to Jason Riley: When it comes to skepticism of affirmative-action policies, the issue isn’t whether today’s college students are “left-wing activists who aren’t in touch with the real world” but rather whether that description better applies … Continue reading →
Heather Mac Donald writes about something that’s been apparent for a long time: Mills is part of the Great Feminization of the American university, an epochal change whose consequences have yet to be recognized. Seventy-five percent of Ivy League presidents … Continue reading →