Baseball

“I wrote 63 songs this year. They’re all about Jeter.” Just kidding. The game we love, the players we hate, and more.

Culture and Criticism

From Norman Mailer to Wendy Pepper — everything on film, TV, books, music, and snacks (shut up, raisins), plus the Girls’ Bike Club.

Donors Choose and Contests

Helping public schools, winning prizes, sending a crazy lady in a tomato costume out in public.

Stories, True and Otherwise

Monologues, travelogues, fiction, and fart humor. And hens. Don’t forget the hens.

The Vine

The Tomato Nation advice column addresses your questions on etiquette, grammar, romance, and pet misbehavior. Ask The Readers about books or fashion today!

Bunting’s Postseason Pool
September 28, 2014 · No Comment
Bunting’s Postseason Pool

“This is my impression of Buntsy’s 2012 slate. Ow.” – Mr. Jackson.

The Vine: September 24, 2014
September 24, 2014 · 12 Comments
The Vine: September 24, 2014

I’m looking for advice and/or maybe links to websites with advice on how to negotiate writing my first book.

The Vine: September 17, 2014
September 17, 2014 · 11 Comments
The Vine: September 17, 2014

You probably have heard about the shooting at Mercy Wellness Center in Darby, PA last month.

This just in (or, rather, out): Miss Stupidhead
September 16, 2014 · 37 Comments
This just in (or, rather, out): Miss Stupidhead

 
Jane Misha Bunting, born 16 September 2014, 10:10 AM, seven pounds, one ounce; and her favorite aunt.

Poppy-Fields Movie Couch Of Fame: Clueless
September 16, 2014 · 34 Comments
Poppy-Fields Movie Couch Of Fame: <em>Clueless</em>

YOU try driving in platforms.

No No: A Dockumentary
September 13, 2014 · One Comment
<em>No No: A Dockumentary</em>

Despite some frustrating punctuation in the title, No No makes contact.

Now That Time Has Run Out
September 11, 2014 · 65 Comments
Now That Time Has Run Out

Time is the main topic on a funeral day: the quality of it spent, its scarcity, the odd way it behaves.

The Vine: September 10, 2014
September 10, 2014 · 9 Comments
The Vine: September 10, 2014

Hey, Nation. Sarah here; let’s find a kids’ book.

Poppy-Fields Movie Couch Of Fame: A Few Good Men
September 9, 2014 · 26 Comments
Poppy-Fields Movie Couch Of Fame: <em>A Few Good Men</em>

And it turns out that not one, but two readers can handle the truth!

The Redemption Of Ethan Hawke
September 8, 2014 · 5 Comments
The Redemption Of Ethan Hawke

And other fun stuff from Peter Biskind’s Down And Dirty Pictures.