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Kitty Hannah Eden had “in her own words” a traumatic, abusive, miserable childhood. So traumatic, in fact, that she refuses to become a parent. Contraception and an abortion have helped her honor this commitment through two marriages In her article “On Being Childless by Default, not by Design,” she writes that the cause of this
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Several years ago, a friend and I were bluntly told that we “laughed like unsocialized homeschoolers.” Perhaps there was something more insulting lurking beneath the surface of that comment, but I’ll choose to put a positive spin on it and take it as a sign that my friend and I never had our bubbling joy
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This week, the financial press reported the downfall of a high-profile grammar pedant, Professor Paul Romer, the World Bank’s chief economist, who was hoist(ed) with his own pedantic petard. He is being replaced as head of the bank’s research arm after he demanded that his colleagues write succinct, clear, direct emails, presentations and reports in
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“A home without books is a body without soul.” This Pinterest-ready quote is attributed – somewhat dubiously – to ancient Roman statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero. Today, some celebrities are taking it to heart. The rich and famous are lining up to engage the services of Thatcher Wine (yes, that’s really his name). He’s a “book
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I’ve probably seen Fight Club 40 times. A friend whom I lived with in college had a sort of obsession with the film. Yet I somehow failed to make the connection between Fight Club and the term “snowflake.” Here it is: “You are not special. You’re not a beautiful and unique snowflake. You’re the same
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Almost 50 years ago, the music of Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel was high on my list of favorites. Songs like “The Sound of Silence” and “Bridge Over Troubled Water” remain stuck in my head, welcome inhabitants in my attic of the past. Shortly after the release of their fifth album, the duo broke up.
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