The Adventures of Shylock Holmes

0. Dear [redacted], It’s been a while since we spoke. You’re finishing high school and starting college soon, no? Very good. On...

Divorce, like death, is one of those things that deep down everyone assumes will only happen to other people. People believe this despite ...

Part 1, from Junot Diaz - The Cheater's Guide to Love . If you take out the infidelity part (which, ultimately, is only a plot opener fo...

I cannot for the life of me understand why courts still award alimony. Not child support - that still mostly makes sense in principle, tho...

Those of us who enjoy collecting correlations as a hobby sometimes yearn for a higher stakes version of our craft, something like the Correl...

Dating web sites are fascinating places to go to see evidence of the lack of introspection of most people, particularly most young people. A...

I've wondered a few times  on these pages about the psychology of married people who begin affairs. As I wrote at the time : As the l...

-First and foremost, read the damn decision . Otherwise you'll be one of those absolutely insufferable people who view every court decis...

A breakup song that I would wager was not inspired by an actual breakup: ‘Go on now, go! Walk out the door! Just turn around now, you’re ...

As they said in Wargames, the only winning move is not to play. Over at Priceonomics, they had an excellent piece recently with the arrest...

A fairly robust fact about celebrities is that they tend to date and/or marry other celebrities. The most obvious explanation for this is ...

I ended up watching '500 Days of Summer' the other day. After checking my testes at the door, it actually wasn't that bad. For...

If you've ever had cause to say 'I'm not like those other guys', it is certain beyond a shadow of a doubt that you are, in f...

If you want some hilarious reading, check out the website ' Miss Travel '. Lest my screeds prejudice your impressions, let's j...