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Stroller-Bullying on the Red Line
by Tom Scocca It was a mistake to get on the Metro train with the kid riding on my shoulders. I should have taken him down and buckled him into the stroller out on the platform, even if it meant...
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When Did Perez Hilton Become More Famous Than Paris Hilton And Why Were We...
by Tom Scocca Tom Scocca: Is your Fashion Week over? Choire Sicha: Is it ever! Tom Scocca: Did anyone there notice that Perez Hilton is now more famous than Paris Hilton? Choire Sicha: I'm not sure if...
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Reading Mark Greif's Recent 'N+1' Piece In Real Time
by Tom Scocca You weren't the only ones with lots of things to say on the topic of On Repressive Sentimentalism, in which, well…. Tom Scocca: Wow, this n+1 thing is PROFOUNDLY ARGUABLE. Choire Sicha:...
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"The Basic Problem Here Is That You Are Wrong": The Collected Letters of Tom...
by Choire Sicha Here are the last few thousand words on the topic of a new essay by Mark Greif in n+1. (The piece, On Repressive Sentimentalism, was published last week. I pointed it out to fellow...
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No H1N1 Vaccine For You, Kiddo
by Tom Scocca "Keep calling back," the receptionist at the pediatrician's office said, ringing off. They were out of H1N1 flu vaccine, she had told me, and they didn't know when the next batch might...
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Meat and Real Estate are both Murder
by Tom Scocca Tom Scocca: Did they time this whole rollout around Jonathan Safran Foer's vegetarianism book so as to get the maximum number of semi-precocious 15-year-olds to ruin their family...
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The Misplaced Child
by Tom Scocca There was a loud but muffled scream, and when I looked up, the kid was gone. It wasn't that scary for me; I did know where he was, more or less. But this was what I was leaving my wife...
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Stir-Fried Romaine Lettuce
by Tom Scocca This barely is a recipe at all, which is the reason for it. Who is interested in cooking a side vegetable? But if you are feeding yourself, you need to include side vegetables or you...
View ArticleThe 50 States, In Order
by Tom Scocca 50. South Carolina 49. Utah 48. Delaware 47. Mississippi 46. Alabama 45. Texas 44. Virginia 43. Indiana 42. Connecticut 41. Idaho 40. Florida 39. Nevada 38. Missouri 37. Alaska 36....
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High School Football Whiners Are Destroying America, by Tom Scocca
by Tom Scocca From time to time, The Awl offers its space to normal, everyday people with a perspective on national issues. Today, we're pleased to bring you this report by Tom Scocca, who at this...
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Words!
by Tom Scocca "Fuck!" the kid said, from the back seat of the car. They pick these things up from everywhere, the two-and-a-half-year-old children do. The child is like a runaway threshing machine...
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Everyone Thinks He's Jill Abramson Now
by Tom Scocca Tom: "Even with requisite journalistic care (including round-robin meetings with editors), it would seem that a [David] Paterson story should have been ready to be printed by Friday...
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Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Paid Me
by Tom Scocca Tom Scocca: Now I am going to tell you about my dream. Choire: Oh neat! Tom: I was working in some sort of coffeehouse at one end of a table. One one side, to the left, was Alex Balk. On...
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Pulitzers, Babies and WaPo Headlines
by Tom Scocca Tom Scocca: "It once did not matter if editors had all of their facts straight at the morning news meeting; there was plenty of time for reporting and editing. But with the world looking...
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James Frey's Introduction to "Reality Matters"
by Tom Scocca Choire Sicha: I have just received in the mail the galley of an anthology, released today, about reality television, which is called "Reality Matters" and which has a foreword by James...
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Mouthfeel: "Everybody's Nuts" Fraud Nuts Are Disgusting, Fraudulent
by Tom Scocca These Everybody's Nuts brand pistachios were on sale at the Giant, right by the regular pistachios, and I was feeling cheap and in a hurry so I bought them. They are terrible. I should...
View ArticleSlate Starts A New Blog: "Scocca"
by Choire Sicha Oh, guess what exists? TOM SCOCCA, THE SLATE BLOG. Come for the logo of the hobbyhorse, stay for the way his child makes fun of Mickey Kaus! Surely there will be recipes too. 16 Comments
View ArticleSimilarities Between Auschwitz and Downtown Disputed
by Alex Balk It is astounding that this even needs to be said: "If Charles Krauthammer and Newt Gingrich think there is any comparison between what happened at Auschwitz and what happened at Ground...
View ArticleA Year Ago Today: Underparenting The Sweary Child
by Alex Balk "My parents raised me with rules and standards, which I gradually learned to break over time. I can remember my mother remonstrating with me, probably in the middle-school years, for my...
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Six Writers Tell All About Covers and Blurbs
by Matthew Gallaway Writers by definition spend a lot of time on the inside of books, which is why what happens on the outside—namely, cover art and blurbs—can feel precarious and daunting. Often...
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