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Better to call them ‘detestination weddings’
BY LENORE SKENAZY Congratulations! Your friend — or niece, or roommate — is getting married, and you’re invited! To Hawaii… And you live in the Bronx… And so does she… Or the invitation arrives,...
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Women making a modest fashion statement
BY LENORE SKENAZY Religiously observant Muslims and Jews convened in lower Manhattan last week to discuss an item of vital interest to both: Head scarves. And long skirts. And high collars. And how...
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Trumptastic twitstorms through the ages
BY LENORE SKENAZY Donald Trump’s 3 am “Tweets that woke the world” wasn’t the first time a sleep-deprived celebrity shot his month of when he should have been counting sheep. Here’s a rundown of other...
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The term ‘creepy clown’ is redundant
BY LENORE SKENAZY Let’s face it: Clowns are creepy. In a way, this current craziness has finally brought that fact out into the open, the way the word “frenemy” finally gave us a way to talk about...
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Asperger’s, autism, and sex offenders
BY LENORE SKENAZY In a St. Francis College classroom in downtown Brooklyn last week, a dad introduced his son, now 30-something, and said, “I’m very proud of him.” The dad, law professor Larry Dubin,...
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Psychiatrists screw their kids up too!
BY LENORE SKENAZY “In 20 years they can tell it to their therapist” is a line parents hear — and say — a lot. Especially in New York. Most of us — somewhat jokingly, somewhat earnestly — believe that...
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The robots will take over — your BRAINS!
BY LENORE SKENAZY We don’t kill off our retirees just because they’re not working anymore, so don’t worry about our future robot overlords killing off us humans when we’re no longer working, either —...
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The squirrels are not coming for grandma
BY LENORE SKENAZY A squirrel chomped the leg of a senior citizen sitting on the porch of a retirement home in Deltona, FL, last week. A television station there, WESH, reports that the victim ran...
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The ghosts of Yale applicants past
BY LENORE SKENAZY On Sunday, I went to my local Queens bakery at 9 a.m., 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., and each time sat across from a friendly, open 18-year-old. These New York City students shared their hopes,...
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A new book of ‘Old’ jokes
An elderly man comes into a bar and notices a lovely lady about his age having a drink by herself. He pulls up a stool, leans over and asks, “So … do I come here often?” Sure, laugh. Or cry. Fact is,...
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‘Tis the season for ‘dangerous toy’ warnings!
BY LENORE SKENAZY Sick of being warned about anything and everything when it comes to the holiday season, especially all the warnings about dangerous toys? Me too. That’s why I’m ready to throw a lawn...
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Formulas for fabulous food fads
BY LENORE SKENAZY Okay, I did it. I actually gave my head a pitying shake when a friend told me she had just discovered a fantastic restaurant in Jackson Heights that sells the giant Indian crepes...
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Time to give scorpions their due
BY LENORE SKENAZY Stephanie Loria would like to set the record straight: “If you get stung by a scorpion and you are a healthy adult, you won’t die.” She paused, then added, “You may wish you were...
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Stop ‘protecting’ dying patients from ‘potentially dangerous’ potential cures
BY LENORE SKENAZY A few years ago, a firefighter in Sacramento, Mike DeBartoli, noticed his hands cramping up. He figured it was a symptom of the job. But when the cramps got worse, he went to his...
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A great year (for helicopter parents)
BY LENORE SKENAZY It was the year of Pokemon Panic — any toy that gets kids outside must be stopped! — and the year a Florida school cancelled its “Powder Puff” all-girl football game, suggesting the...
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Science fiction: Research shows much ‘research’ just grabbing headlines
BY LENORE SKENAZY Oh, to be a scientist 50 or 60 years ago, warning people about the stuff they really needed to know: Stop smoking! Don’t take thalidomide if you’re pregnant! For God’s sake, ditch the...
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Subtext: A dictionary of Subway vernacular
By LENORE SKENAY To celebrate the opening of the Second Avenue Subway, we have commissioned the first New York Guide to Subway Jargon. Here it is — after 98 years in the making! Sick passenger (noun):...
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Unconscious biases make us blame moms for tragedies
BY LENORE SKENAZY Remember the bad old days when a rape victim would show up in court and the defense attorney would say, “Why was her skirt so short?” As if the woman caused her own rape. Only...
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Sing like nobody’s listening
BY LENORE SKENAZY The shower is where America does it — in private, with no one judging, just because it feels good. I’m talking about singing, of course, that once-universal pastime that uplifts the...
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Child predator as film genre
BY LENORE SKENAZY Ever wonder where our obsession with child predators began? The answer just might be at the movies. And “M” is the picture that started it all. What a creepy film. It opens with a...
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