J-Blog Link of the Day

This one wasn't written today, but I think it's a good one to highlight anyway. The Brooklyn Wolf is an excellent writer with articulate and insightful reflections on some of the absurdities persistent in the world today. This post about the price of a groom in the Chareidi world has me reeling. There are so many things wrong with this that I am afraid to even begin my rant. But generally, I think the problem is that everyone described is selling him or herself for a price. And I would generally think that Torah would discourage that.