Polar opposites for the holidays

Maybe it's that I saw the "Human Fund" episode of "Seinfeld" in my formative years, but I've never fully underst...

Country dog

Bisou has been cooed at in Uniqlo, shied away from miniature dachshunds at a dog run, and very nearly entered a shop that makes its own mozz...

"[S]he could not even get a job that did not pay"

Articles advising college seniors and recent grads not to go to humanities grad school lose me when, if they present alternatives at all (an...

Checking one's privilege at the first-class kiosk

Katie Roiphe has discovered , recently, it seems, that the Internet is not the utopia of kindness and goodwill she might have hoped for. On ...

Doglemma of the millennium

All dog toys bear labels warning you to supervise your dog while playing with this or any toy. Yet the point of toys (barring the few toys m...

Jewish-Jewish intermarriage under attack

Jeffrey Goldberg has brought our attention (and Helen Rosner, via Facebook, my attention) to an ad campaign, sponsored by the Israeli gover...

Rich Jews refuse gaudy attire, confuse Simon Doonan UPDATED

I think the gist of Simon Doonan's latest at Slate is that he  doesn't like it when Jews dress WASPy. ( Surprised ?) Or something ...