are there any good advice columns these days?
Emily Yoffe retired, Dan Savage has gotten old and soft, Miss Manners is like 100 by now
also I started reading about Miss Manners and I had no idea that she’s Jewish and the daughter of a PhD economist but in retrospect, of course
many good Miss Manners facts in here:
Growing up, Jacob once asked his sassy child Judith “How come you’re so upper class and we’re so lower class, and you’re our daughter?”
from her early days as a reporter, before she became Miss Manners:
When the White House decreed that reporters covering Julie Nixon’s wedding reception had to stay outside and rely on briefings, Martin sneaked in by masquerading as a friend of a bridesmaid. She subsequently found herself banned from Tricia Nixon’s wedding, but perhaps that was because she had written that Tricia dressed “like an ice-cream cone.” The White House announcement explained that “the First Family does not feel comfortable with Judith Martin.” Remarked Martin’s husband: “I’m scared to live in a country that’s run by a man who’s scared by the likes of you.”
on her dinner parties:
The seating is limited to ten people, since “I have ten forks of all kinds.”