It used to be that I went straight to the Arts & Leisure section, then the Weekend section, then the front section, landing eventually in the Magazine. There I would tear out the crossword puzzle – which I collected to send to my mother, who is a crossword fiend – and work my way through the articles. Lately, I find that Randy Cohen’s column, The Ethicist, has become the first thing I turn to after ripping the plastic bag off of the paper. Yes, even before Arts & Leisure.
