“In Dear Socks, Dear Buddy, we are hectored never to give away a pet, always to regard one as an ‘adoption instead of an acquisition’ and to be forever on guard for its physical safety (cold comfort to Buddy, who had barely sniffed his first Chappaqua crotch before the poor beast ran off and got killed by a car, as had the Clintons’ previous dog, the much-loved but equally ill-tended Zeke). [read post]

Bully depicts the adventures of teenager Jim Hopkins as he stands up to the obstacles--social, educational, and physical--that await him at fictitious private school Bullworth Academy (motto: canis canem edit—dog eat dog). [read post]