Ken Jennings offered an apology to a “Jeopardy!” contestant this week for a “problematic” clue that has been interpreted by some as sexist. “ ‘Men seldom make passes at,’ ” Jennings said, beginning the irreverent Dorothy Parker quote. Entertainment & Arts Dorothy Parker’s Life of Counterpoints Legend has it that Dorothy Parker once encountered a younger woman who held open …
NEW YORK — Dorothy Parker died in 1967, but it was not until last year that her ashes found a final resting place. Born in 1893 in New York, Parker wrote poems, short stories and theater and literary reviews for magazines like Vogue, Vanity Fair and The New Yorker. After much wrangling, the NAACP agreed with Parker’s relatives to relocate …
