Opinion Today: Could you give up gossip for (your own) good?

A writer examined gossip abstainers and then tried abstaining herself. 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Chisme. Cackle. Whatever term you use to describe it, gossip is a source of information and, with that, power that can be hard to resist. In an age of data brokers and surveillance, it is also one of the most democratic forms of information. Anyone can gossip. And most of us do. The Times editor and writer Michal Leibowitz, as she explains in a [guest essay published today](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRorvOnP0TnaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wOC8yNi9vcGluaW9uL2dvc3NpcGluZy1mdW4tbmF0dXJhbC1jb21wbGFpbi5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjQwODI2Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEzMjYzOCZubD1vcGluaW9uLXRvZGF5JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNzYwOTQmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCma7p27MZpUhMgFSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~), has long thought about the meaning and practice of gossip, so she decided to seek out abstainers — those who had given it up — as a kind of control group through which she could investigate how loose talk functions and why it is so hard to avoid. And then at some point, Leibowitz decided that she would try giving it up herself. The results were remarkable and hard to read about without inspiring envy: “I recently moved to a new Jewish community and found that by cutting back on gossip, I’m able to dodge a lot of the politics that naturally arise when a group of people engages in a shared project,” she writes. “It turns out that when you don’t take sides, fewer people come to you asking you to take sides.” Giving up gossip, Leibowitz explains, can involve more than just examining the conversations you have with friends and family members. Giving up gossip is a kind of social experiment in building a better society one conversation at a time. [Read the essay](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRorvOnP0TnaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wOC8yNi9vcGluaW9uL2dvc3NpcGluZy1mdW4tbmF0dXJhbC1jb21wbGFpbi5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjQwODI2Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEzMjYzOCZubD1vcGluaW9uLXRvZGF5JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNzYwOTQmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCma7p27MZpUhMgFSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~): ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRorvOnP0TnaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wOC8yNi9vcGluaW9uL2dvc3NpcGluZy1mdW4tbmF0dXJhbC1jb21wbGFpbi5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjQwODI2Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEzMjYzOCZubD1vcGluaW9uLXRvZGF5JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNzYwOTQmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCma7p27MZpUhMgFSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~ [A photo illustration of a woman, in the foreground, with her head thrown back while, above her, another woman is speaking on a landline phone.] Eva Stenram Guest Essay Gossiping Is Fun. It’s Natural. And These People Won’t Do It. Gossip is a universal feature of human culture. It’s also the target of passionate, widespread censure. 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By Maureen Dowd](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRorvOnP0TiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wOC8yNC9vcGluaW9uL3RydW1wLWhhcnJpcy1kbmMtZWxlY3Rpb24uaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zOSZlbWM9ZWRpdF90eV8yMDI0MDgyNiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMzI2Mzgmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTc2MDk0JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpmu6duzGaVITIBUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~) [Ad] [Ad](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRorvOnP0SlaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MjAxODEyJmxpPVRZJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1UWV8yMDI0MDgyNiZzdHBlPWRlZmF1bHQmdGU9MSZubD1vcGluaW9uLXRvZGF5JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjQwODI2VwNueXRCCma7p27MZpUhMgFSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) [Ad](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRorvOnP0SlaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MjAxODEyJmxpPVRZJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1UWV8yMDI0MDgyNiZzdHBlPWRlZmF1bHQmdGU9MSZubD1vcGluaW9uLXRvZGF5JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjQwODI2VwNueXRCCma7p27MZpUhMgFSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) [Blue signs with Kamala written in white dominate a crowded group of delegates holding them up. ](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRorvOnP0TqaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wOC8yNi9vcGluaW9uL2hhcnJpcy13YWx6LWRlbW9jcmF0aWMtY29udmVudGlvbi5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjQwODI2Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEzMjYzOCZubD1vcGluaW9uLXRvZGF5JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNzYwOTQmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCma7p27MZpUhMgFSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~)[The Conversation Kamala Harris Has Left the Building The convention may be over, but there’s still a lot to discuss. By Gail Collins and Bret Stephens](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRorvOnP0TqaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wOC8yNi9vcGluaW9uL2hhcnJpcy13YWx6LWRlbW9jcmF0aWMtY29udmVudGlvbi5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjQwODI2Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEzMjYzOCZubD1vcGluaW9uLXRvZGF5JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNzYwOTQmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCma7p27MZpUhMgFSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) [Harris Has the Momentum. But Trump Has the Edge on What Matters Most. With early voting only weeks away, the race is still a close one. By Patrick Healy](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRorvOnP0TtaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vbGl2ZS8yMDI0LzA4LzIwL29waW5pb24vdGhlcG9pbnQvaGFycmlzLXRydW1wLWVsZWN0aW9uLXBvbGxzP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjQwODI2Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEzMjYzOCZubD1vcGluaW9uLXRvZGF5JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNzYwOTQmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCma7p27MZpUhMgFSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) [Destroyed buildings near a harbor in Mogadishu, Somalia.](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRorvOnP0TiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wOC8yNi9vcGluaW9uL2V0aGlvcGlhLXNvbWFsaWEtY29uZmxpY3QuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zOSZlbWM9ZWRpdF90eV8yMDI0MDgyNiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMzI2Mzgmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTc2MDk0JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpmu6duzGaVITIBUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~)[Guest Essay The Coming War Nobody Is Talking About East Africa is on the cusp of conflict. By Afyare A. Elmi and Yusuf Hassan](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRorvOnP0TiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wOC8yNi9vcGluaW9uL2V0aGlvcGlhLXNvbWFsaWEtY29uZmxpY3QuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zOSZlbWM9ZWRpdF90eV8yMDI0MDgyNiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMzI2Mzgmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTc2MDk0JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpmu6duzGaVITIBUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~) [An illustration of an eagle flying over a group of men with binoculars.](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRorvOnP4QDAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tLzIwMjQvMDgvMjUvb3Bpbmlvbi9pbnRlcm5hdGlvbmFsLXdvcmxkL2FtZXJpY2EtZXVyb3BlLXRyYW5zLWF0bGFudGljLWFsbGlhbmNlLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyNDA4MjYmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTMyNjM4Jm5sPW9waW5pb24tdG9kYXkmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE3NjA5NCZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZrunbsxmlSEyAVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD)[Guest Essay To Whom It May Concern: America and Europe Need Each Other The trans-Atlantic alliance can continue as the tight-knit partnership we have known for the past 75 years, or unravel. By Wolfgang Ischinger](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRorvOnP4QDAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tLzIwMjQvMDgvMjUvb3Bpbmlvbi9pbnRlcm5hdGlvbmFsLXdvcmxkL2FtZXJpY2EtZXVyb3BlLXRyYW5zLWF0bGFudGljLWFsbGlhbmNlLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyNDA4MjYmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTMyNjM4Jm5sPW9waW5pb24tdG9kYXkmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE3NjA5NCZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKZrunbsxmlSEyAVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD) [A crowded bookshelf of books, photos, trinkets and postcards.](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRorvOnP0TtaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wOC8yNi9vcGluaW9uL2luLXByYWlzZS1vZi1vdmVyc3R1ZmZlZC1ib29rc2hlbHZlcy5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjQwODI2Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEzMjYzOCZubD1vcGluaW9uLXRvZGF5JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNzYwOTQmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCma7p27MZpUhMgFSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~)[Guest Essay In Praise of Overstuffed Bookshelves To walk past the bookcases in our family’s house is to make a different study of the history of time. By Margaret Renkl](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRorvOnP0TtaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wOC8yNi9vcGluaW9uL2luLXByYWlzZS1vZi1vdmVyc3R1ZmZlZC1ib29rc2hlbHZlcy5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjQwODI2Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEzMjYzOCZubD1vcGluaW9uLXRvZGF5JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNzYwOTQmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCma7p27MZpUhMgFSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) [A colorful illustration of a group of drinks. At its center is one emblazoned with the Starbucks logo, except the woman in the logo bears an anxious expression.](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRorvOnP0ToaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wOC8yNS9vcGluaW9uL3N0YXJidWNrcy1vcmRlci1hcHAtdGhpcmQtcGxhY2UuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zOSZlbWM9ZWRpdF90eV8yMDI0MDgyNiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMzI2Mzgmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTc2MDk0JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpmu6duzGaVITIBUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~)[Guest Essay There Are a Bazillion Possible Starbucks Orders — and It’s Killing the Company Starbucks is struggling with an overly complex menu. By Bill Saporito](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRorvOnP0ToaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wOC8yNS9vcGluaW9uL3N0YXJidWNrcy1vcmRlci1hcHAtdGhpcmQtcGxhY2UuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zOSZlbWM9ZWRpdF90eV8yMDI0MDgyNiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMzI2Mzgmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTc2MDk0JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpmu6duzGaVITIBUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~) [A photo of a lobster and seaweed in shallow water.](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRorvOnP0TuaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyNC8wOC8yNS9vcGluaW9uL21haW5lLWxvYnN0ZXItY2xpbWF0ZS1jaGFuZ2UtZWxlY3Rpb24uaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zOSZlbWM9ZWRpdF90eV8yMDI0MDgyNiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMzI2Mzgmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTc2MDk0JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpmu6duzGaVITIBUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~)[Guest Essay What the Lobstermen of Maine Tell Us About the Election There are places in America where climate change feels close at hand — and also far away from politics, partly because of how much work there is to do. 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