Articles by Meghan Daum Page 2

Who cares that holiday spending fell short of expectations this season? Read more

In the last few weeks, a buzz has developed around a weblog called the Daily Coyote. Read more

Judith THURMAN, the award-winning biographer of the authors Isak Dinesen and Colette and a staff writer at the New Yorker since 1987, begins her latest book, “Cleopatra’s Nose: 39 Varieties of Desire,” with a candid and, by today’s standards, brow-raising anecdote about her first piece of published journalism. Read more

When I was in high school during the Reagan years, teen pregnancy wasn’t just taboo, it was the worst possible situation you could find yourself in. Read more

The American obsession with striking out on our own, with poster children as varied as John Wayne and Mary Tyler Moore, appears to be at odds with our other current obsession: saving the planet. Read more

Ijust took an informal survey and discovered that a lot of people are under the impression that the American Red Cross is a religious organization. Read more

One of the many uses of air travel is the opportunity it provides to take a snapshot of the public’s reading tastes. Read more

Who among us does not aspire to be the kind of hostess who can whip up a gourmet feast for 12, regale her guests with stories from her high-profile and head-spinningly busy career, and then get the whole mess cleaned up for an early bedtime and a 10-mile run the next morning? Read more

Readers of this newspaper were mesmerized this week by staff photographer Luis Sinco’s two-part series about Lance Cpl. Read more