And I thought no one was reading my blog!
Over the weekend it appears that this blog was reported to blogger.com as a spam blog by enough people that their “anti-spam robot” put a lock on it which has prevented me from posting for several days. Gee, what could I have posted that would have caused not one, but several people to behave in such an absurd and immature way? Hmmm . . . … Continue reading And I thought no one was reading my blog!
The Altruism of Babies
I have a 13 month old baby who has recently started offering us portions of her food to share. Of course, she also throws herself on the floor and screams when you stop her from climbing on everything like a monkey. Basically I am living with both sides of the argument over whether people are intrinsically good or bad quite well. Really, it’s a stupid … Continue reading The Altruism of Babies
What makes us jealous
Parenting Magazine has a survey up which found that the thing moms envy about other moms is their organizational abilities. I know this is true of me! Other interesting tidbits: Only 6% of moms said that they wanted to go without kids – even for a day. 73% of working moms say they are jealous of stay at home moms vs 49% going in the … Continue reading What makes us jealous
Feminists “Intellectuals” vs Real American Women
Some of you may have read or heard something about feminist professor Linda Hirshman’s campaign to condemn well educated women for staying home with her kids. This started with a ridiculous article in American Prospect titled Homeward Bound in which she declares among other things “The family — with its repetitious, socially invisible, physical tasks — is a necessary part of life, but it allows … Continue reading Feminists “Intellectuals” vs Real American Women
Feminists "Intellectuals" vs Real American Women
Some of you may have read or heard something about feminist professor Linda Hirshman’s campaign to condemn well educated women for staying home with her kids. This started with a ridiculous article in American Prospect titled Homeward Bound in which she declares among other things “The family — with its repetitious, socially invisible, physical tasks — is a necessary part of life, but it allows … Continue reading Feminists "Intellectuals" vs Real American Women
Hurricane Katrina Heroes
Stephan Barr at the Washington Post has a column on those who were heroes during Hurricane Katrina last fall. As cynical as we all are and as easy as it is to get all worked up over all that goes wrong in this world, I think it’s very important to take time to remember that there are good people doing good things as well. Take … Continue reading Hurricane Katrina Heroes
Going Overboard
Just overheard: My 6 year old says to his 10 year old brother, “I think Mom went overboard with Michaela.” (Michaela’s my 1 year old daughter.) “Why?” “Because she’s just so super cute!” I don’t know how much it has to do with me, but I agree she is super cute! Continue reading Going Overboard
Ancient Hebrews and Creation
I don’t know how many of you are interested in this sort of thing, but since I spent some time on it this morning and found some interesting stuff, I thought I’d share. Everyone is aware of the conflicts in our country over evolution vs creationism vs ID. Religious folks who reject evolution usually point to the bible as back-up for their POV. Such people … Continue reading Ancient Hebrews and Creation
Crunchy Conservatism
Perhaps you have heard about it by now (there appears to be a well co-ordinated publicity machine at work), but there’s a new book out by Rod Dreher of the Dallas Morning News called “Crunchy Conservatism”. The National Review Online even has a blog/book group discussion about the book going on here. (The discussion right now seems a bit esoteric, but there are some definite … Continue reading Crunchy Conservatism
Kids serving the needs of the schools
While I know that there are individual teachers, and perhaps even administrators in the school systems who care deeply about the needs of the students they teach, I think it’s pretty safe to say that the bureaucracy as a whole expect our children to fit their needs rather than the other way around. The examples are legion, but here’s one more: high school kids eating … Continue reading Kids serving the needs of the schools
The Upside Down World 