Of all the Manhattan’s children—and there are many—the Harvard Cocktail is perhaps the most bizarre. But what can we say about the Harvard Cocktail? We know it comes to us from George J. Kappeler, ...

This Sunday, all our clocks are going to “fall back,” which is to say, we get one extra hour of sleep. This is generally regarded as good news. I, by contrast, do not think this is good news. Because ...