The time Junior peed himself in a tent UPDATED, AND ONCE MORE, AND ONCE MORE STILL

Noooo !!!! Slate is asking parents to send in letters their kids have sent them from sleepaway camp. The trend in overshare parenting writi...

United in studiousness and lactose intolerance

-As someone who both is intermarried and studies intermarriage ( the backstory ), I read with interest this account of a couple, Helen Kim ...

Beauty and ketchup

-In the guise of a beauty post, here's an interesting career trajectory narrative. What privilege can do, and what's required of th...

Euphemistic Mediterranean couscous

If you're a food writer, especially one with a Jewish name, and you want to write about Israel, be sure to provide a thorough disclaimer...

The end of dieting

Just now, I overheard a woman telling someone how her husband had lost a great deal of weight. Pressed on which diet he'd used, she expl...

Insensitivity

A while back, I suggested that our new societal respect for justified dietary restrictions has lessened our tolerance for unjustified  ones...

Adventures in mildly less provincial Mid-Atlantic-ness

Third trip to Philadelphia since the move, first with the "new" car. The best visit thus far. We started out at the Headhouse Farm...