The young men in the Steubenville rape case are guilty and responsible for their actions, and need to pay the penalty. However—and I say this without any weakening of my contention that the above sentence is true—the entire incident highlights … Continue reading →
Of all the topics I habitually write about, the only posts that generate more flak than the ones on Israel are the ones on dieting and weight. I’m not sure why that is. But I’ve observed a very marked tendency … Continue reading →
The New England Journal of Medicine has published an article that sounds both interesting and brave, about obesity’s myths vs. what we actually know. I write “sounds” because the article itself is behind a firewall, and I’ve only read this … Continue reading →
When I was nine or ten years old I was given an individual IQ test by a family friend who was getting her PhD in child psychology, and having to administer the test to a certain number of children was … Continue reading →
Here’s another of those perennial articles listing the blockbuster books that were initially rejected by publisher after publisher. I remember I used to own a book that was a collection of editors’ rejection letters for great classic and popular works. … Continue reading →
I’ve written about this topic before, and will probably do so again. I’m writing about it today because this piece by DrewM at Ace’s really resonated with me: The internecine fighting we see today on the right isn’t simply on … Continue reading →
No, it’s not college. Boob school is where women learn what size bra actually fits them, and are introduced to the perils of the side boob, the quadraboob, the high rider, the super drooper, the big stand-off, and the ledge. … Continue reading →
My mother’s very first memory was of being frightened by booming noises—guns? cannon? fireworks?—while being held aloft above a crowd to view a New York harbor filled with ships. She wept and her parents comforted her. The year was 1918, … Continue reading →
…back in the 1950s, according to food writer Ruth Clark, a specialist in the food of that era. Well, I must say that I don’t remember that, although I do recall that ketchup was considered to be an almost universal … Continue reading →
[Hat tip: Maetenloch.] If you like to test yourself, here’s one that’s kind of interesting. It doesn’t take too long, either. I don’t mean to brag (actually, yes I do) but I got 31 out of 33 correct, which is … Continue reading →
I’ve never been all that keen on novels, except for those novels on which I’ve been very keen. The latter tend to be classics: Jane Eyre, David Copperfield, Moby Dick, 1984, with a coupla Russian guys and some random others … Continue reading →
To all my ever-loving readers: Did you receive anything? Did you give those you love anything? Do you consider this day just an excuse for the greeting card, chocolate, and flower industries to coax us in a rather unsubtle way … Continue reading →