It’s not just the size of a walnut.

So I’m browsing the latest New York Review of Books and the ad for Manliness can’t help but catch my eye. “Why do men need to feel important? It’s their manliness. But is manliness obsolete? Is it even a virtue?” —How disappointing to discover the author’s rather limited notion of manliness, when the questions are so patently leading. It is, I suppose, cute enough to picture him patiently reinventing a crude wheel, all the while imagining he’s taking the discourse to grounds that aren’t already worn thin by the traffic. Strength is for the weak, Professor, and would you please stop sullying my family’s good name?