Peter Pan Syndrome
If you’ve ever wandered through a video store wondering why there are so few decent movies out, it’s likely because you’re not the one...
The Getaway Plan
By the time you read this, I’ll be back, but right now my family is preparing to go camping. The girls are collecting the...
First Do No Harm
The Ontario Liberal government is in a dither expanding the Human Rights Commissions, to the tune of several millions dollars, to ensure that no...
History Without all those Nasty Bits
History has changed a lot in the last few years, and I don’t mean because of 9/11. No, it’s changed because textbook companies are...
The Disappearance of Childhood
In the Middle Ages, if you stopped overnight at an inn, chances are you’d be welcomed with ale and stew, and presented with a...
Father Cravings
A century ago, Sigmund Freud posited that women suffered from an envy of a certain part of male anatomy. Personally, I think Freud may...
Bah Humbug
I love Christmas. I love the lights, and the tree, and the turkey, and the story, and the candlelight service, and being with family.
What...
The Value of Values
Who’s against putting values in the schools? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?*
Of course not. It would be like being against puppies, or butterflies, or the continuing...
Wishful Economics 101
Modern economic practice involves a lot of wishful thinking. Many politicians believe that you can spend billions bailing out car companies and auto unions,...
Christmas in Kandahar
My husband, a pediatrician, attends many deliveries where women scream and holler without any man present to take these abuses. Bringing a baby into...
Mom Doesn’t Want to Always Know Best
Let’s start with a misconception men often have. Many men think that if they have mastered the sentence, “Whatever you want is fine with...
Some things, mercifully, don’t change: “Can I Have This Dance?”
A few years ago I had a brilliant idea to increase the romance quotient in our marriage.
“Darling,” I said, “let’s take ballroom dancing lessons!”
Keith...
To Be a Parent
The other day I was in the mall and I spotted a girl of about 15 sporting a T-shirt with big pink letters announcing...
Waiting for Dinner
Cow bells are especially useful in the country. Not only do they warn of oncoming bovines, but they can summon the family from far...
Ending Violence Begins At Home
Across the nation March is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, which got me thinking about some recent news stories. First, a teacher in Oregon recently...
