Articles by Meghan Daum

Atelevision ad supporting Proposition 8 implies that gay marriage would have to be “taught” in California public schools unless the right of same-sex couples to marry is overturned. Read more

Are you experiencing disturbing, election-related thoughts? Read more

Sure, I spent much of the last week in a state of apoplexy at the hypocrisy and cynicism of the political process in general and the Republican Party in particular. Read more

Now that the Democratic National Convention is over, have all the PUMAs gone back to their dens? Read more

This week, while you were distractedly waiting for one of the presidential candidates to just go ahead and pick Michael Phelps as his running mate, a Manhattan lawyer sued Columbia University for discriminating against men. Read more

China’s never been known for its stellar policies on little girls. Read more

Ineed to say something. Read more

For those of us who lust after real estate the way certain overexposed television-turned-movie characters lust after designer clothes, “six months” has become a mythical countdown to our version of the Barney’s warehouse sale. Read more

Years ago, at a dinner party on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, I found myself in a shouting match about whether it was fair to make fun of intellectuals. Read more