The Awl’s Tom Scocca takes Underparenting to a new level: “Diapers are for catching urine and feces. They represent neither entertainment nor education…. Butt Elmo, by contrast, represents a world in which it’s not merely branding that’s out of control but…

“Republicans earlier this year tried to convince hero Capt. Chesley ‘Sully’ Sullenberger to run for a congressional seat in California,” reports The Hill. The “Miracle on the Hudson” pilot declined, reportedly saying that there were certain wrecks that even someone with his skill and training could not avert. Ba-dump-bump.

Oh, by the way, we were being critical of one of the pieces in this Slate series about dentists, and while we disagree with some of it, also it is only fair to mention that the other recent pieces in the series-such as this, on the lives of dentists

Okay, Science, whaddya got for us today? “Flirting with an attractive woman really does make men feel good, scientists find, as they discover it causes a surge in health-giving hormones. Researchers found that just being in the presence of a pretty member of the opposite sex…

Kraft’s Vegemite iSnack debacle has resulted in the company’s decision to withdraw the name-but not the horrific product-and hold yet another competition to choose a moniker. While suspicious minds are already suggesting that…

A Vail woman fought off a bear by throwing a decorative pillow at it. The story does not end on a happy note for the bear.

A poll of 15,000 women asked to rank the sexual performance of men by nationality ranked Germans as the worst in bed due to subpar hygiene. English indolence, Swedish celerity, Turkish perspiration, and American…

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Awl fave Freeway, out of Philadelphia, proves he can rap better than you on two new songs from his upcoming mixtape, The Beat Made Me Do It. An official album, The Stimulus Package…

We are pleased to present you with a classic edition of our Gluttony column, which originated in the English gentleman’s broadsheet The Daily Awl and Crescent. While…

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Last night I was thinking: what is up with Alison Maclean? Who, you should know, is the director of one…

Hey what is up with that Topher Grace? Now there is a new weekly column that will let you know.

Bad news for everyone who finally managed to forget about it: Chili’s is reviving its “I want my baby back/baby back/etc.” jingle. Sorry.

I don’t want to spoil anything about this, but you will thank me for the pure, unadulterated joy that clicking on this link will provide you.

Is the utter absurdity that is the military’s “Dont Ask Don’t Tell” policy drawing to a close? An article criticizing the policy was recently published in a National Defense University journal after being reviewed by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Meanwhile, Senate Majority Leader Harry…

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This Korean ad for ramen in which the group Girl’s Generation sings the theme to classic videogame “Bubble Bobble” is burning up the Internets right now, and…

“EVEN the Democrats in Minnesota now realize their new US Sen. Al Franken was elected with the help of ACORN chicanery,” says the New York Post, repeating the latest right-wing smear and showing the tenacity with which…