An article in Time magazine this week confirms what many parents already know: Spanking your kid is a good way to get him to stop being such a pussy. Even better, it will teach her not to be such a damn smart aleck. So writes Alice Park: Of the nearly 2,500 youngsters in the [Tulane …
Monthly Archives: April 2010
What to read among the Pulitzer Winners
Congratulations to all the winners of the Pulitzer yesterday, which, given the state of print media, is a little like being handed a lollipop on the deck of the Titanic. But still, a fine honor. I was particularly glad to see Gene Weingarten’s devastating Washington Post Magazine piece on hyperthermia–babies who die when their parents …
Everything I Said About Things Only Adults Should Do? Uh, Never Mind.
Spent Saturday night in Baltimore, at my twentieth college reunion, and it was a pleasant surprise. Nobody appears to have gone to hell or fallen apart, at least physically (those people probably stay home, come to think of it), and my wife and kid had a good time meeting people. Afternoon luncheon, campus tour, evening …
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Neighborhood Envy
Taking advantage last night of an early bedtime for the savage toddlers who cohabitate with me, I decided to go down to Alphabet City to eat cheap Turkish food and act a fool with an old friend for a little while. He has just sublet a place on Avenue C, near Houston St., in a …