February 25th, 2010 by Nathan | 6 Comments
From our friends at Dad-Blogs.com, a heads-up that Dr. Laura Schlessinger has said something achingly stupid and anachronistic. It wouldn’t be the first time. “Doctor” Laura (not an M.D., but a Ph.D, in rat physiology, no less) has made a career out of pseudo-scientific renderings of what is essentially a worldview stolen from outdated romance [...]
January 19th, 2010 by Nathan | 3 Comments
The Grey Lady tells us that more men are marrying wealthier women. Actually, the Census told us that; the Times just tried to make it seem surprising. I know what the Times is talking about because I’ve rarely had any kind of relations with a girl who wasn’t already richer than me. Not by design. [...]
December 28th, 2009 by Matt | 2 Comments
Following Jewish tradition, on Christmas Day my wife, Jean, and I left the baby at home with nanny to go see a movie. In an actual movie theater! What did we see? “The Young Victoria,” starring Emily Blunt as the newly crowned Queen of England and Rupert Friend as “his serene highness” Prince Albert. It’s [...]
December 7th, 2009 by Matt | 1 Comment
On Salon.com, Aaron Traister writes about a serious problem we face as fathers—stupidity: I don’t know if parenting makes you chronically stupid or just temporarily slow, but after nearly four years of child rearing, most of them spent as a stay-at-home dad, my intellect has been dulled to a nub. Now, I don’t know if [...]