My dinner with Philip Roth
His retirement announcement several weeks ago came as no surprise. He told me himself that he was "kaput"
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I knew Christopher Hitchens better than you
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The secret to our happy marriage: Traveling alone
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Die, smug yoga teacher, die
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Holy moguls: My cousin the Olympic whirlwind
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Confessions of a salvia eater
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The unkindest cut
When our son was born, my wife decided circumcision was barbaric, but my parents insisted it was an essential Jewish tradition. Behold the sad tale of how one foreskin tore a family apart.
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When toddlers get fired
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Grammy whammy!
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Blog, blog, blog
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Hey yah! Anybody out there?
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Rush returns
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MTV’s spontaneous night of crazy fun
Two hours into the Video Music Awards -- watching Madonna tongue-kiss Britney, Christina ape Cher, Eminem beat up a puppet -- I entertain a dark thought: Could this all just be an excuse for entertainers to shill their products?
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Lounge Axed
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Chicago hope
In the wake of two recent police shootings, rhetoric about police reform in the Windy City remains nothing more than hot air.
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Rush to defeat
Chicago Mayor Richard Daley is a shoo-in thanks to a weak campaign by a congressman who should have been a contender.
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The trouble with Rudy
Reaction to the killing of an African street vendor by police shows the growing protest power of the city's immigrant communities.
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Neal Pollack is the author of the literary satire "The Neal Pollack Anthology of American Literature," among other works of fiction and nonfiction. His latest book, a historical novel called "Jewball," was published in October.
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