Speaking of fact-checking, Knoop was Albert’s sister-in-law, not niece. And to those saying the JT books should have been published as fiction, they were. So the comparisons to memoirs, like James Frey’s, don’t stand.

The movie Cadillac Records, with Beyonce and Adrian Brody, was a great illustration of this topic.

Even if you don’t have kids, what Hannah-Jones illustrates in her piece is so important to understand. Beyond the decision about school, it’s about history, segregation, racism in housing, gentrification. We’ve all been shaped by this stuff and we should be aware of it so we don’t perpetuate it in our own ways.

Maybe we can just all agree that with or without children, everyone needs a break from the rat race at some point. Everyone’s spirit, soul, whatever, deserves an opportunity to nurture a desire, whether it’s a child, a cause, a creative pursuit. For the health of humanity, sabbaticals, flex-time, whatever works for…

Talese totally outdid himself this week. Now he’s an accessory to a decades long, skeevy crime on top of everything else. Statute of limitations or not, that’s the truth.

MAC does animal testing, as does its parent company, Estee Lauder. It would be much more beautiful to help one group in a way that doesn’t hurt another.