The last time I slept with Carolyn she pushed me off her in the midst of our lovemaking and turned away from me. At first I did not understand what it was she wanted. But she bumped her behind against me until I realized that was what I was bein…

Like many, I devoted to the recent Petraeus affair only the attention required to make a quip or two. Paula Broadwell and Jill Kelley (already it’s a struggle to remember their names) didn’t linger long in my consciousness as actual people; qui…

One recent weekday afternoon, I left my apartment in Los Angeles, walked three blocks, and bought a movie ticket. I was at liberty to see a movie in the middle of the day because I had just left my job, having decided to spend some time not “workin…