Note to Hypertot

| July 24, 2008

Convention holds that the “magic word” is please, not abracadabra. Really.

Says my daughter:

| July 15, 2008

The pro-abortion people say that denying abortion makes women slaves to their uterus; but abortion makes them slaves to their vaginas. There’s nothing I can add.

Two Scenes

| July 10, 2008

Picture, if you will, two scenes. In the first, Jesus is invited to the home of a Pharisee, where a notorious sinner cries on his feet in repentence, wipes them with her hair, and anoints them with oil. The Pharisee says to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would know who and what […]

Here’s a Campaign Promise I Can Believe

| July 9, 2008

Obama promises not to be moderate or act on the needs of the majority of the country.

Detachment Parenting

| July 5, 2008

I have a twelve-year-old daughter who is a firm believer in Attachment Parenting. She reserves the right to hold the household baby at any time that a) she wants to, or b) there is something else I want her to do. If neither of those circumstances exists, it is her responsibility to make absolutely sure […]

Maybe I’m a hypocrite.

| July 4, 2008

It’s a holiday weekend, and you know what that means: Coasties. Now don’t get me wrong, some Coasties are nice. Take Aunt Betsy, for example. She’s genuinely pleasant, fun, polite, and good company. Of course, I don’t think she’s a native of Seattle, so maybe it doesn’t count. At any rate, every holiday weekend our […]