Footnotes of Mad Men: American Grit

by Natasha Vargas-Cooper

Stroller-Bullying on the Red Line

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 missing the train. But I had taken the wrong branch on the decision-making tree, and…

The Great Annual Change Bowl Guessing Game

Putin Also Talks To Animals

Ageless creepy-hot Russian Prime Minister, judo master and KGB agent Vladimir Putin spent the weekend talking…

Why Do We Still Have Forms?

I was emailing with a reader last night about how I thought it was boring that writing hadn’t come that far compared to music or painting; the reader disagreed and had some good reasons for doing so but still I remain disappointed in writing’s laggardlyness. (Not really a word.)…

Housekeeping: Manic Monday

Things are going to be a little hectic/slow today, because Alex Balk is out sick-it’s our first sick day at The…

Emmys! Emmys!

It’s Emmys night and everybody cares because it’s not going against Mad Men, Curb Your Enthusiasm and a Giants game or anything like…

Billboards About Rape Decreed Upsetting

Have you heard about these outrageous billboards in Florida, that define rape and say that it is a terrible thing that should not be kept secret? Parents are upset that they’re going to have to talk to their children about sexual violence, and therefore not…

Newly Hip Sandwich Spread, Refusing To Be Uncool, Wins Praise

This ‘Valentine’s Day’ Trailer Is Killing Me