The Thing That’s Inevitable That’s Not Taxes

This year my wife, Jean, and I are going to undertake some projects. We’re going to refinance the apartment. We may renovate the kitchen. We’ll put Sasha in daycare. And I’m going to put together our last will and testament. Perhaps it’s obvious, but this is not one of the more enjoyable parts of being …

Today in Fatherhood: Celebrity Dads

Most of the hard work of fathering is carried out in the dim, totally boring dankness of non-fame: regular dads raising regular people who will never cause Harvey Levin to smirk or send out his hordes of batshit paparazzi. Fortunately, celebrity dads–the famous people who famously sired famous kids–are in the news again this week. …

The Tantrum: Don’t Muss with Texas

(This is the third in our new series, “The Tantrum,” in which each of our four regulars will address one subject over the course of a week. Read about TV trauma here and ratting out your kid here.) It’s a case that DadWagon has been watching with some amusement and, let’s face it, a twinge of urban …