The millionth thing you've read about Lena Dunham and privilege

The new "Sex and the City," in case you missed that. Lena Dunham explains it all. Not as in explains it all to us - that too - but...

Coffee politics

Remember the young woman so privileged she was applying for food stamps ? The detail readers honed in on was the $1.50 coffee-shop coffee t...

Still against "holistic"

To new readers, to readers not as tuned into the inner workings of my mind as I am: When I say I'm not a fan of "holistic" in...

Whaddya get?

Miss Self-Important has included me in the category of " everyone who's anyone ," which is flattering. But she's also incl...

The referendum on meritocracy

Watched some of last night’s DNC, fell asleep post-Michelle (who had just proven herself capable of being president as well as supermodel-in...

Media, elites UPDATED (and link fixed)

Via Ned Resnikoff , a fascinating, depressing, tale of journalism today. Alexandra Kimball hits all the key points, really, including why a...

A question for David Brooks:

Isn't a meritocratic elite different from a hereditary elite, in that the leaders of today can't be assured that they'll be the...

Teacup violins

I think the NYT heard me claim that I wasn't going to read any more of its lifestyle articles beginning Jan. 1, and decided to do whate...