Great Moments in Journalism: The Sound of No Hands Clapping
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Today's bit comes from Stephanie Rosenbloom's blockbuster expos into the practice of hand-holding. You're really going to have to read the whole thing, but here's a sample:
ON a brisk autumn afternoon, in the shadow of the marble arch in Washington Square Park, a couple visiting from Ohio walked along holding hands like two teenagers going steady, decades after "going steady" went out of vogue. When a stranger asked why they had chosen to join hands during their stroll, the man, Dave Findlay, looked at his wife of seven years and answered in a word: "Connection." Or as the Beatles sang back in 1963: "When I'll feel that something, I want to hold your hand."
Not to spoil it or anything, but "Sexy Back" makes an appearance very soon after.
