Or Maybe Your Kid is Just Stupid…

The child-rearing pendulum continues to swing away from the helicoptering, obsessive, everyone-gets-a-trophy approach. We’re now starting to see psychologists say “You know what? Pay less attention to your kid’s feelings…” For the record, I wrote something similar back in 2005: Our modern child-rearing techniques seem focused on the emotional lives of children. I think this… Read More Or Maybe Your Kid is Just Stupid…

Blog Book Bleg

As you may or may not know, I am not all that new to blogging. I’ve been doing it, off and on, since 2003. And yesterday I got the bug up my nose to collect my old dead Blogger blogs into some kind of dead tree format. Blogger has a partnership with an outfit called… Read More Blog Book Bleg

The Scandal Isn’t Over Until the Scapegoat is Driven Off…

The goose-stepping little martinet who took away a preschoolers’ lunch has been suspended. Or, an employee has been punished for following orders. The mother of the 4-year-old girl whose turkey sandwich was replaced by chicken nuggets says the teacher is not to blame and shouldn’t be punished. “We are concerned for Ms. Maynor [the teacher]… Read More The Scandal Isn’t Over Until the Scapegoat is Driven Off…

Sandra Fluke: Queen of the Mainstream

Apparently Georgetown University should also have to pay for sex-change operations. No word on whether they should have to cover abortions, but I doubt she’s a scrupulous supporter of religious freedom on this issue. Call it a hunch. Because the Mainstream is such a lame dream.