Albert Einstein, Awful Husband? & Old Fashioned Childhood Racism

How much genius does it take to be a good husband? Given the underappreciated talents of his wife (pictured), Albert Einstein may well have fallen short. That's precisely the kind of grit and gossipy wit you get in OZY's True Stories email. Today we also delve into how to sue someone on a court reality show, feminists in Lebanon and the weirdly cleansing effect of being an 8-year-old hate criminal. www.ozy.com Sponsored by From the editor | February 19 How much genius does it take to be a good husband? Given the underappreciated talents of his wife (pictured), Albert Einstein may well have fallen short. That's precisely the kind of grit and gossipy wit you get in OZY's True Stories email. Today we also delve into how to sue someone on a court reality show, feminists in Lebanon and the weirdly cleansing effect of being an 8-year-old hate criminal. Eugene S. Robinson, Editor-at-Large [True Stories]( [Was Albert Einstein a Terrible Husband?]( Fans of his wife, a physicist herself, are still struggling to get her contributions recognized. When Mileva Marić met Albert Einstein, she was the groundbreaker. The only woman in their class of six students at Zurich’s Polytechnic Institute in 1896, she was a studious nerd, sitting in the front of the class, raising her hand at every opportunity. In contrast, her friend Einstein rarely attended classes and was poorly regarded at the institute. Letters that came to light in the 1990s paint Einstein as an enfant terrible in school, but a man besotted by his classmate. In one letter, he describes Marić as “a creature who is my equal, and who is as strong and as independent as I am.” The reality though was not so romantic. It would see a promising physicist’s career cut short and superseded to her husband’s work, a process that women who see her as a role model continue to fight long after her death. [READ NOW]( [True Stories]( [The Childhood Joys of Ceaseless Racism]( The day started out well enough, but getting dragged to the principal's office for an almost-hate crime could crimp anyone's 5th grade. The ’60s were heavy, even if you were a kid, and the early ’70s weren’t much different. Family friends got maced by cops for being hippies. Neo-Nazi sympathizers were weirdly finding common cause with the Nation of Islam. And the war back home continued full force with vets returning with heads full of hate, PTSD and veins sometimes full of heroin, since junkies were a common feature of the cityscape back then. And if you lived in a city that was a media center, you got both barrels, with the TV and the newspapers aflame with signs of the apocalypse, if not now, then very soon. But you know kids are kids and never more so than at one tony Park Slope private school in Brooklyn, the Montessori School of New York International. And that’s where I was in the early ’70s, when it was just called the Montessori Academy. [READ NOW]( [Sponsored by CARIUMA]( [Crazy. Comfortable. The Sneaker That Understands Your Life.]( You've got a lot on your plate. A lot on your mind. The last thing you need is a lot on your feet. These kicks are consciously made, good-looking and crazy comfortable. Because while life can be complicated, your sneakers should be simple. Classic styling. Lightweight cushion technology. Sleek, sturdy canvas. What you see is what you get, and what you get is great. This is CARIUMA. A smart brand for smart people. Treat yourself to a pair and [save $15 by using the OZYOZY code here.]( [True Stories]( [Want to Sue Someone on a Court Reality Show? Ask Me How]( If you're a fighter with a fashion business and you get ripped off, what do you do? Brand-pimp on daytime TV, natch! [True Stories]( [The Forgotten Pioneer of Lebanese Feminism]( Anbara Salam Khalidi's brave gesture to remove her veil in public paved the way for feminists across the Levant and wider Arab world. [True Stories]( [How a Homeless Tennessean Inspired the World’s Saddest Love Song]( Because there's hard truth at the bottom of the bottle, especially when it comes to romance. [True Stories]( [When One Needs a Master]( OZY’s Eugene S. Robinson addresses queries from the love-weary in “Sex With Eugene.” [True Stories]( [The Brilliant Female Brain Behind the Bomb]( Lise Meitner is probably the most important researcher you’ve never heard of. [True Stories]( [Leaving Your Legs in Yemen]( Losing your legs to a land mine might cool anyone's ardor for war. Not in this case. One More Thing [Can the Mining Industry Really Become ‘Responsible’?]( [READ NOW]( OZY Media Mountain View, California 94040 This email was sent to {EMAIL} [Manage Subscriptions]( | [Privacy Policy]( | [Read Online](