For Richer or Poorer: Wedded to a Life of Letters

Money is unfunny: The poor don’t chuckle about bills, titans like Donald Trump are humorless and, for most everyone else, finance is more of a sore spot than a punch line.

Despite all that—and despite its grandmotherly title—the new anthology Money Changes Everything is as funny as a lascivious sex column. Instead of CNBC Read More

May 25, – June 1, 2005

Wednesday 25th

Things we wish would stop: Freshly scrubbed twentysomethings in matching Patagonia pullovers accosting us on our way to work with a “minute” for Greenpeace (a great organization, blah-blah- blah) or for a few questions about our hair. Also, memo to CBS: Bring back Arthur Chi’en-we love that foul-mouthed f*cker! Speaking of an expression Read More