When Self-Care Hurts
I’m a big believer in self-care. Not in its form as an extravagant counter-point to our culture’s fetishization of extreme self-discipline, self-denial, and self-sacrifice, and … Continue Reading When Self-Care Hurts
Semantic Shifts and the Marginal Tax Rate
My husband and I like to rent cars that have satellite radio, in large part because we have a sick fascination with the channel “Patriot … Continue Reading Semantic Shifts and the Marginal Tax Rate
Let’s Give Them Something to Talk About
I saw a headline last night for a painfully stupid article about a modest and non-anomalous jump in a single market stock price of Weight … Continue Reading Let’s Give Them Something to Talk About
Shame on Me
I’ve done a lot of things that I’m not proud of. And, like anyone else, I want people to understand why I did those things. … Continue Reading Shame on Me
Just Say It
I was trying to take a really sticky sticker off of some plastic, and I’d been failing for about 15 minutes. I was about to … Continue Reading Just Say It
