The paint, or chalk, or whatever it was, is almost gone now, but, a week or so ago, someone wrote “LGBT” on the sidewalk in front of my house. I’m still not sure what to make it of it, but here are a few theories that I’ve considered, starting with ones that I think are […]
When asked why they chose to run a 17 year old photo of Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan playing softball on their front page, editors of the Wall Street Journal said, somewhat mater-of-factly, “Because we didn’t have a picture of her fucking a woman.” Of course they didn’t really say that. But the implication was […]
My friend Minal recently released a book through Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. It’s called “Leaving India: My Family’s Journey from Five Villages to Five Continents,” and, judging from what I’ve seen thus far, it’s doing quite well. At least, it seemed to be climbing Amazon’s sales rankings, before being yanked off earlier today. It appears as […]
