Strangers on the Sofa
A great article on the Haven Coalition, I group I volunteer with and that I’ve written about many times before on this blog (so forgive me in if I’m repeating stories that you have all already heard from me). For those who aren’t aware, Haven is a New York City grassroots organization that provides housing [...]
...read moreA Million Little Mistakes
Liza commented on the not-James-Frey-again-for-the-love-of-Jesus post: as to the Frey thing … I’m fascinated by this whole “betrayal” drama. Why don’t people feel betrayed by the falseness of reality TV but with a book like this is different? It’s because people who think of themselves as smart and cool are outraged not by the lie [...]
...read moreMore on the Duke Rape Case
It’s not only hit the national media, it’s the fourth-most-emailed story on the Times site. The incident on March 13, which occurred at an off-campus house owned by the university, has brought into sharp relief long-simmering tensions between the private university and the city. The woman is black, most of the team members are white [...]
...read moreJill Carroll Released
The journalist was freed three months after being abducted in an attack that left her translator dead. Carroll, 28, was dropped off near the Iraqi Islamic Party offices. She walked inside, and people there called American officials, Iraqi police said. “I was treated well, but I don’t know why I was kidnapped,” Carroll said in [...]
...read moreFriends and Benefits
This post has been a long time in the procrastinating, because this is a difficult topic and these are some dirty sheets, but I wanted to comment on Hugo’s reference to the racial demographics of his marriage and his attendance roster. It was–it was!–a variant on the tired old “Some of my best friends are…” [...]
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