Pttttthhhhppp.

That is the sound of my tearing kriyah over the loss of the last semblance of your journalistic integrity. I am writing to call The Link out on your shoddy treatment of one of the, if not the, critical issues of the day. By this I am, of course, referring to the “article” in last week’s “paper” entitled: “Cufflinks and Socks and Ties, Oh My! A Look Into Men’s Accessories” (November 10, 2016). True, I did not actually read the article, but I skimmed it twice and am almost certain that the word “suspenders” does not appear in it, even once. How can your readers be expected to trust you when you are so obviously in the pocket of the belt industry? What’s next? A special feature on the resurgence of gartels being worn during davening? Any treatment of men’s accessories without mention of the most authentic, useful and expressive accessory of them all is misguided at best, nefarious at worst. Remember this, my friend, when the whole belt fad blows over, I know one local paper that is going to be looking pretty foolish. The piece in last week’s paper ignores one basic fact, obvious to everyone but your newspaper, evidently: No matter what the season, the suspender business is always picking up.

Neil Lauer

Teaneck, NJ

Editor’s note: Neil Lauer is the owner of Sartorous, a suspenders manufacturer based in Brooklyn, and writes for our annual Purim edition. He was careful to ask mechila of our publisher before submitting this letter and he will still be writing for our Purim edition.