Ah, youth and drug dealing—how amusing! I found this one via our junior employee at Gawker, Maureen O’Connor (she’s due for a raise, eh, Nathan?). Seems a couple of middle-school boys in Virginia were suspended because they brought Italian spices to school in a plastic baggie and tried to pass it off as pot. They …
Monthly Archives: March 2011
Jeepers Creepers, Where’d You Point Those Peepers?
When I pick up my toddler, Sasha, from day care, there are certain rituals I go through. A brief chat with the teachers, pleasantries exchanged with other parents, and then, just before we go out the door, I require Sasha to say good-bye to everyone. This can be as little as a wave and a …
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Comment of the Day: “Severe Class Privileged Honkyism”
My post yesterday on a Manhattan mother who sued her four-year old’s preschool for ruining her academic future, had little, if anything to do with the deep racial divisions in this country. Or did it? Nathan put a link to the article on Facebook and received a few responses from his friends. Now, I don’t …
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The World Isn’t Entirely Awful
Theodore’s assertion this morning—The Entire World Is Awful—was kind of a downer, wasn’t it? While I’m sure he meant well, I’ve come across a couple of pieces of evidence that the world, while still mostly shit, has a couple of good points. For example, did you know that children “still enjoy playing traditional games like …