Report from the woods

Mooching, legitimately, off some Ivy wireless. Still none of that at home, although it turns out I miss hot water much more. For the obvious...

"And I was like, ‘No, no, no—it’s for my skin.’"

There is something kinda bleak about a profile of an immensely successful, impressive, talented young woman that tells us not how she got w...

"Luxury"

Gawker and I are, amazingly, in sincere agreement: young children brutally murdered by, it seems, the babysitter is the story. Not how fanc...

A safe space

Amherst is evidently one of several elite colleges incapable of properly dealing with sexual violence. Going by what I've read and my o...

About those napping Greek islanders

Well good for them . Olive oil, sure, wine, why not, longevity, OK. No goats'-milk for me, thanks unless it's been turned into a che...

CEO position, transportation stipend available

Just got a list email about what sounds like a pretty cool, if not super-glamorous, job, "with a preference to graduate students and re...

Old age is...

...when you go to the student health center for your annual "well woman" checkup, and they don't ask you about your lifestyle....