Articles by Michael Lewis

18 articles since 2000

How to Put Your Wife Out of Business

Opinion | By Michael Lewis | March 6, 2005
With women now paid as much as 90 cents on the dollar for the same work as men, it is increasingly difficult to shut down your wife’s commercial activities and get her to focus on household chores. Read more
 

Easygoing, No. Big Easy, Oh Yeah

Opinion | By Michael Lewis | February 13, 2005
A few weeks ago, after Dixie had, for the second time in two days, relieved herself on the expensive new bathmats and Tallulah had sobbed herself to sleep because Dixie had been allowed, inexcusably, to touch her American Girl doll, my wife sent me an e-mail. Read more
 

The A’s, the Bs, the Cs and the Fat One

Opinion | By Michael Lewis | February 6, 2005
To Los Angeles. Read more
 

The Devil’s Child Meets Dumbo

Opinion | By Michael Lewis | January 23, 2005
To church, unbelievably. Read more
 

A Hair Too Far Outside the Zone

Opinion | By Michael Lewis | January 9, 2005
For a certain kind of male, a haircut is a bit like a screen name. Read more
 

The Key to Christmas: Colorblind Kids

Opinion | By Michael Lewis | January 2, 2005
This evening we make the mistake of keeping the children out past their bedtimes. Read more
 

Ex-Con Xmas Trees, Trimmed in Guilt

Opinion | By Michael Lewis | December 19, 2004
We go shopping for Christmas trees only to find that the market for Christmas trees has been cornered by criminals. Read more
 

Real Men Don’t Write Bitty Books

Opinion | By Michael Lewis | December 12, 2004
My wife has become almost professional in her ability to celebrate holidays. Read more
 

A Quickie Dinner, Followed by a Flying Beer

Opinion | By Michael Lewis | December 5, 2004
Thanksgiving dinner. Read more
 

Campus Sex and Tom Wolfe’s Clothing

Opinion | By Michael Lewis | November 28, 2004
One of the odd things about sleeping in a house with small children is that you never know whom you might wake up next to: This morning it’s Dixie. Read more
 
Email This | Print This | Text Size: Increase Decrease