Tag Archives: true/slant
Turning Sarah Palin, Tiger Woods Into Cold Hard Cash
For the better part of the last year, bloggers have frantically attempted to wring every possible cent from keyword-rich stories covering Sarah Palin, Tiger woods (see above headline for proof), and a dozen other celebrity names coveted like gold in The Often Trifling Age of Pageview Journalism. It’s become a weekly, if not daily, ritual. It’s shameless, like so much…
Swan Songs: America’s Vanishing Tradesmen
Back in 2007, I wrote a piece for Swindle magazine titled “American Twilight.” It was a longform narrative story focusing on America’s vanishing tradesmen. I profiled the lives and work of three specific individuals: Rudy Lehman (typesetter), Joe Feldman (barber), and Crock Hunter (blacksmith). For whatever reason, the story was heavily edited and partially rewritten after I submitted it, and…
Ghosts of the Recession, Things Left Behind
Several weeks ago, I received an envelope in the mail from my former employer. It contained a stack of baby photos of my son Ethan that I had accidentally left behind in my office. They were wrapped in a piece of paper inscribed with a note: “I found these photos and I’m sure you will want them. Hope things…
‘Uneducate-able Hispanic cockroaches’ with turnip IQs
Without nonsensical hatemail from America’s foremost knuckledraggers, life might become boring. After writing this piece for True/Slant last week, I received this grand prize response from a gentleman named Jay: “You are a perfect example of the dumbing Down of america, where as if you could read ,you would have figured out that america in general is tired of…
