“It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.” Alice…in Wonderland
Glenn Reynolds, (AKA the Instapundit) and Ann Althouse are having a blog post exchange on the rights and responsibilities of men and women when it comes to sex and parenting, particularly what rights men have when it comes to the children they father. It began with cases of unaccidental pregnancy and the rights and responsibilities […]
“This burning of widows is your custom; prepare the funeral pile. But my nation has also a custom. When men burn women alive we hang them, and confiscate all their property. My carpenters shall therefore erect gibbets on which to hang all concerned when the widow is consumed. Let us all act according to national […]
I had an interesting experience in a craft store this afternoon. Apparently some local middle school teacher of indeterminate subject assigned some sort of detested project. Many irritated parents accompanied the young scholars to gather styrofoam pieces and paint. I have no idea what they were making. I do know nobody was very happy about […]
We associate parenthood with virtue: “As American as motherhood, baseball, and apple pie.” The importance of parents cannot be overemphasized. “The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.” This is true as far as it goes. Notice this aphorism doesn’t say “The hand that rocks the cradle is good and holy. The hand that […]
“If I want to get the better grade, I’m going to cheat to get it. No question. Anyway, in the real world you do whatever you have to do to get the better job.” How would you describe this student? Mercenary? Unethical? Amoral? “He’s a good kid, but he’s competitive,” [Principal Dana Trevethan] says. From […]