These days it been?fashionable to say things like "now all people will be judged by the content of their character" and "America has changed forever." I'll buy the latter argument because it's?ambiguous enough to read anything you want into it. The former, however, I have laid?no false?claims to. In my own experience I still get [...]
In honor of the Dev and I being in Time magazine last year my wife?purchased a subscription for me as a gift. Now I spend a couple off days a week reading the articles on the subway as I commute. I read from cover to cover and I am consistently entertained and informed. Every so [...]
As of this week Devin has decided to "retire" from the MTA and focus all his efforts on becoming president of the United States. With Dr. King's birthday having passed last Tuesday (and his observed holiday being tomorrow), along with Barack Obama running for president, his declaration gave me pause. Could my son one day [...]
I've been holding onto this article for a couple of weeks. When I first read it I was so livid, and visibly so, that I decided to not talk about it until I could form a coherent thought about it. Most of the thoughts that came to my mind involved four letter words. I am [...]
Do you hate your dad? C'mon, be honest. I don't think I hate mine. I don't speak to him enough to hate him. My fear is that if I speak to him frequently, or at all, I truly won't like him. He has a gift for never saying the right thing. Ever. His foot stays [...]
First of all, I don't have anywhere to put an au pair, Chinese or otherwise (unless my wife lets her sleep in the bed with us, and my guess is that that's not an option). Second, I can't afford to pay a decent salary to an au pair, a nanny, a manny, or any other stranger [...]
In the last couple of weeks leading up to Father's Day my email in-box has been bombarded with articles about dads. I would say that 90% of the articles are positive. The other 10% are about black dads. Let's take a moment to discuss the 90%. Literally I have articles from as far away as [...]
In a press release posted yesterday on Yahoo Finance for Baby Center, LLC., we (dads) are getting a truck load of praise and it isn't even Father's Day.  It has been discovered that American dads are really getting into this whole parenting thing.  According to the article it appears to be lots of dads of all races, not just the Mike [...]
The answer to this question is a resounding "yes" according to a Forbes.com  article posted on May 31st. It's was said that those dads that spend a substantial amount of quality time with their children tend to be more educated. And the trend held true across all racial groups, which I think is the most important part of the study [...]
Yesterday in an article in the Gotham Gazette an interesting question was posed by author Mark Berkey-Gerard: Can Fathering Be Taught? My immediate response was "of course." And I stand by that idea whole heartedly, however I think a more appropriate question is born from Mr. Berkey-Gerard's. My question is: Why is it necessary to teach [...]
