By • Nov 11,2009

A ham sandwich on Yom Kippur

“Having a ham sandwich on the afternoon of Yom Kippur doesn’t make you less Jewish,” Rabbi Yitzchak Schochet, chairman of the Rabbinical Council of the United Synagogue, said recently. I...

By • Nov 10,2009

Obama will cruise to 2012 re-election

No, that’s not a serious prediction. My real point is about Republicans getting too excited about thrashing the Democrats in 2010. Sure, that’s what I’d like to see. But remember...

By • Nov 10,2009

‘Til Death Do Us Part

Megan McArdle writes: I can think of half a dozen easy ways to kill a significant number of people without getting caught, if I wanted to. Watch your back, Peter.

By • Nov 10,2009

Do carrots feel pain?

Natalie Portman is giving up eggs and milk. She writes on HuffPo: Jonathan Safran Foer’s book Eating Animals changed me from a twenty-year vegetarian to a vegan activist. I’ve always...