Archive for February, 2009
Against Thrift
Published February 25, 2009
Yes, it’s great to wave goodbye to the $20 martini and the 20,000-square-foot house. But must we use the recession as a fresh excuse for moral self-flagellation?
Thrift is the new abstinence.
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Teens, Sexting, and the Law
Published February 10, 2009
Sex isn’t the big danger to teens online. What’s really vexing them is ordinary kid-on-kid meanness.
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Poli Psy: Tunnel Vision
Published February 4, 2009
We aggrieved purple Inauguration ticket holders want to be recognized as victims of crime, a protected class, and an endangered species.
And while we’re at it, we’ve got some high expectations of the Obama administration too.
Read it at Seven Days.
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One Big Happy Family
Published February 3, 2009
Rebecca Walker’s new anthology has some great essays on how we really live now, including one by me, “Love, Money, and the Unmarried Couple.” You can buy it here.