Opinion

Opinion

What will Obama’s next job be?

[dropcap]A[/dropcap] year from now, Barack Obama will be an ex-president. It would be perfectly understandable if, after the demanding career he has followed, he were to simply retire to a life of leisure. He may wish to simply “smell the roses,” as the expression goes. But there are other possibilities […]

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Let it snow?

If I may offer a little unsolicited advice for some of our younger readers, especially in light of this past weekend’s blizzard, it’s this: Enjoy your snow days while you can. Once you get a little bit older, they can be a real pain in the neck—and just about everywhere […]

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A tutorial on Starbucks-speak

Please pay attention. There will be a quiz. Starbucks recently took out a two-page, fold-out, super-slick ad in The New Yorker to educate us benighted, Folgers-swilling plebes on “The Art of Espresso and Milk.” Using a chart only slightly less complex than the periodic table of the elements (for instance, […]

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Was our city council prepared for Winter Storm Jonas?

Suppose there had been dozens of homes without power during last weekend’s blizzard, with many hungry children shivering in the dark. Why had the City Council not done as they had in the past, announcing which locations were prepared to furnish simple food and temporary shelter for freezing families? Winter […]