Seconding the epic-ness.

I'm off to diagram the two sentences in that last paragraph.

Huh? I take it your PhD is in Critical Misreading?

It probably depends a lot on the college, no?

You didn't enjoy that crippled lede? Or the weird "All the President's Men" imagery in an inexplicable scenario about lurking near doorways? Or the eight parentheticals?

Great point. If the concern is avoiding bad outcomes in adulthood (e.g, Wendy's night manager), it would actually be a lot more safer to let the kids flounder/tread water/follow their noses 'til adulthood, all the while investing all those school fees instead.

He managed to work a reference to Goyard steamer trunks into his lede this week.

How does "chain-smoking late into the night" outside someone's house relate to ringing the bell at a polite hour?

Ohhhh-livia.

A Bullingdon-Jez exchange programme would bear tremendous fruit.

Strong indictment.

I keep hoping Tyler's "Fast Lane" column will get adopted as a sort of Jez mascot.

"Smart casual" is sort of a meaningless concept to someone who spent his entire adolescence dressed in tailcoats n' white tie (as Cameron and Johnson both did).

Not the worst outcome!

Those sound like businesses, exposed to the vicissitudes of a marketplace that may or may not choose to punish her as well. The Food Network deal was a huge stream of guaranteed income that provided the exposure and branding that underpins the rest of her business interests.

Power? A heck of a lot less power than Food Network, it would appear.

It's true. That said, I'm still waiting for the many commentators who cite endemic racism in the US to acknowledge that, in this case at least, her employer meted out swift, visible and economically harsh punishment for racist behavior.

She was apparently worth something more than $30 million a year, if the publicly reported salary/earnings figs are to be believed.

Such an apt name you've chosen.

concern-trolling... over a historical event?