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A Week on the Wagon: Summer’s End

September 3rd, 2010 by dadwagon | No Comments

OK, I kid. Summer actually never ends around here for the boys of DadWagon. We’ll be kicking back Bacardi Breezers and shagging cocktail waitresses well into February.
But we know that many of you are the more conventional types, for whom the end of summer means the end of vacation, the beginning of the school year, [...]


Put Another Shrimp on the Barbie: It’s Father’s Day Down Under

September 3rd, 2010 by Matt | No Comments

Australia, as we all know, is just like America, only upside-down. Australians speak English, though unintelligibly. They spend dollars, though theirs are worth far, far less than ours. And not only do they celebrate Father’s Day (tomorrow, apparently), but they have cranky dads who think the whole thing is koala-shit:
Regardless of what illness, deadlines or [...]


Medical Miracles or Misdiagnoses?

September 3rd, 2010 by Nathan | 1 Comment

In keeping with the medical theme from this morning, I bring you this story from the Today show about a stillborn baby brought back from the dead by two hours of cuddling with his very stubborn (and very happy) mom.
Lovely story, even if they did have to import parents from Australia to find them. What [...]


From Sweden with Outrageous Social Benefits

September 2nd, 2010 by Nathan | 1 Comment

A quick and belated shot-out to DadWagon friend (and, when we are lucky, commenter) Nathan Hegedus, who currently has the “most liked” story on Slate, about The Happy Life of a Swedish Dad.
Why is it most liked? Because, at root, it’s about the superiority of the European safety net, a cherished trope among Slate-reading progressives [...]


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