Christopher Orlet

Last week a three-judge panel on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled a Tex-Mex restaurant chain must pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages for violating the American with Disabilities Act. The appeals court said Chipotle Restaurants violated…

Is man’s best friend one of Earth’s worst enemies? Apparently so, according to a new book by sustainable living experts Robert and Brenda Vale. The Vales have started a minor tempest in a miniature teapot by claiming that the annual…

What kind of Grinch would recommend parents tell their toddlers that Santa Claus isn’t real? If you guessed a liberal arts professor at a prestigious east coast college, give yourself a grade-inflated A plus. What is it with academics? Don’t…

I used to spend hours studying a faded, color-coded map at a publishing house where I worked. The map, hung on the wall behind my desk, showed the population density of the various denominations and faiths across America. Save for…

We Are Doomed: Reclaiming Conservative Pessimism By John Derbyshire (Crown Forum, 261 pages, $26) “Civilization is at a crossroads,” wrote Woody Allen, back when he was funny. “One road leads to misery and devastation, the other to total destruction.” Allen…

I See Rude People: One Woman’s Battle to Beat Some Manners Into Impolite Society By Amy Alkon (McGraw-Hill, 224 pages, $16.95) Rudeness is the human condition, always was, always will be, says Amy Alkon in her new book: I See…

A certain notorious photograph has been making the rounds in the British press. The photo shows a clearly intoxicated group of (doubtlessly) well-to-do young women, one of whom is frolicking down the streets of Cardiff with her knickers round her…