Fact Check: Mail on Sunday

DadWagoner Matt posted this morning about the British historian Niall Ferguson, who’s reportedly playing Hide the Research Assistant with Ayaan Hirsi Ali, former Dutch MP andĀ Glenn Beck’s hottest guest. In the interest of editorial integrity (yes, there is such a thing at DadWagon, despite this andĀ this), I am calling bullshit on one part of the …

Bad Dads We Love: Tory Edition

Now, I’m not one to necessarily condone leaving your wife of 16 years and your three kids for another woman, but on some level I approve of the mini-scandal echoing out of England (via Cambridge, Mass.): Niall Ferguson, a Harvard professor, hedge-funder, and TV presenter with, as the Daily Mail puts it, “high-level links to …

Bad Dads We Love, Scientology Edition

If Dadwagon were to have a blog motto (and despite all of Nathan’s efforts to create one, we still don’t), if might be this: famous dads are bad dads. In that light, I give you this photo of Katie Holmes and the android daughter she spawned via the miracle of steroids (for Tom Cruise), alien …

Mohammed Ali Is a Beautiful Man

I got a call from Dalia’s school this morning. “She’s complaining that her ear hurts,” said the caller. “And her teacher says she’s, ummm, howling.” Now, this is not a plug for The Wolfman, Benicio del Toro’s movie opening nationwide tomorrow (although, I bet if there were a #Wolfmanmoms blogger junket with a swag bag …