WHEN DO YOU SHOWER? 

By David Perlstein | September 22, 2023

According to some people, what time of day you shower says a lot—maybe everything—about you. Such assumptions lead to dangerous politics.  Blue-collar workers generally shower at the end of a sweaty day. White- (or other-color-) collar workers often shower in the morning to be fresh for the office—if they go to one—or other location.  But…

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LABELS AND SHACKLES 

By David Perlstein | March 17, 2023

At the recent CPAC Women’s Breakfast, Rep. Lauren Boebert (R.–Col.) announced that she was about to become a 36-year-old grandmother. Her son, 17, would be a father. She was delighted. Hello, human nature.  Boebert’s welcoming a future grandson, the child of two teenagers, strikes me as expressing more of liberal than conservative thinking. Yes, her…

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