Blog
Featured
New York Gov. Cuomo pardoned 18 people at the end of the year in an effort to push back against the increasingly harsh immigration policies coming from the White House. The 18 committed low-level offenses and have built solid lives in the years, and sometimes decades, since their convictions. They could be our neighbors.
The Profumo Affair profoundly altered British society, emboldening the press and rocking people’s faith in their leaders.
There seems to be a connection between the frat house culture and the lopsided lack of representation of women in American political life. We need more women in politics, not fewer.
When a friend or an employee speaks about this, don't ignore it. And maybe, offer to put her up, or at least back her up, until she regains her pride and sense of safety.
“This book has been a piece of performance art,” I began, “conducted for a very small audience: my two daughters.” She laughed, getting my joke.
“Never for a minute would I advocate that people who no longer love each other should live together because it does not bring the right atmosphere into a home,” she wrote.
I wonder where we will find the next generation of political leaders if we have to screen for such a panoply of character flaws. Weiner is smart, rose from humble beginnings, and can talk circles around his opposition. All, so it seems now, gone to waste.
I don't begrudge Ivanka for enjoying her job. I enjoy mine (most of the time). But let's not pretend that the vast majority of women don't have more practical problems.
A: These were all intelligent, accomplished, articulate women. It seemed off to me that they would play this subservient role to rescue their husbands’ careers.
We’re at an unprecedented moment in our unwillingness to listen to each other or to recognize our shared humanity. Cocktail party chatter is kept consciously anodyne. Where is the bottom of this spiral of coarsening culture?