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If it’s “Fifty Shades,” there’s gotta be a lawsuit

The other evening I was talking with my cousin, Thomas Spear, about books and publishing books and lawsuits. (We were at Moscow57, eating chopped liver [me] and a mushroom ragu with dilled rice [Thomas], and listening to a first performance … Continue reading

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Lawsuits of the filthy rich: “nightmare vacation”

Yeah, well, you might not have a heap of sympathy for this guy, Peter Sisitsky. (Although his monetary demand is pretty modest, let’s give him credit for that.) New York man sues for $100K over alleged nightmare vacation – NY … Continue reading

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Why a woman should replace Andy Jackson on the $20

After reading the NYT article on how an Orthodox Jewish woman got out of her miserable arranged marriage, I went on to Gail Collins, a god in my non-fundamentalist pantheon. And Gail came through with this column: A Woman’s Place … Continue reading

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