Brownback on Broken American Families
by Via the NY Times, former Republican presidential candidate Sam Brownback writes, briefly and brilliantly about the plight of the American family and our youth two …
Category: Parenting
A Feminist’s Regrets
Lori Gottlieb has written what can only be described as a soul-baring essay about her regrets over never having married. Highly recommended reading, though many …
Dishonorable Parenting
First there came the sickening Chicago case of the Hindu man from India who set his daughter – who was pregnant, son-in-law, and the couple’s …
Spare the Rod
More silliness from one of the bluest states of them all: The Boston Herald reported that State Rep. Jay Kaufman filed the spanking ban petition …
Parents, Kids, Guns
Judging from this article in the Boston Globe, the parenting situation in Beantown is worse than I could have imagined: Boston police are launching a …
Sports, Kids, and Parents
I recently had a chance to observe the goings-on at a YMCA roller hockey game for 8 and 9 year-olds held in The Woodlands, Texas. …
Police Officer Fired
In Austin, Texas, the AP reports a police officer has been fired for taping the mouth of a belligerent teenage suspect shut. The suspect was …
Child Abductions
Alarmed by the recent rash of child abductions? Read Jonathan Alter’s take on the subject. The bottom line is this: don’t leave your children alone …