Taking it to the next level

February 19th, 2010 by Nathan | 1 Comment

Via Annie at PhD in Parenting, the studious Canadian momblogger, we came to know this article about how the next UK election is shaping up as the Mumsnet election. That is, the women of Mumsnet, the leading momblog in the UK, will be the next soccer moms or values voters or teabaggers or whatever the “it” [...]


Behind the Backlash

December 4th, 2009 by Nathan | No Comments

As Theodore mentioned in his pithy ranticle from earlier today, the government does try to get involved in parenting from time to time. But among jackbooted thuggery are some good programs, and those, naturally, are also opposed by conservatives. Michael Salmonowicz at True/Slant points out  that the Heritage Foundation opposes a Chicago program called Parents Too [...]




  

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