Man Up, Newsweek!

If you must know, I get most of my news and analysis from the Southern Baptist Convention, and this item is no different: Dr. Albert Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, posted on his website a lengthy discussion of Newsweek’s omnibus “Whither Men?” cover package from this week. Before I get to Dr. Mohler’s …

Creepiest Kids’ Movies of All Time!

I do and don’t understand the allure of “top ten” or “best of all time” lists. On the I-don’t-get-it front, lists are lazy, and they actually make you dumber (this has been scientifically proven). On the do-understand aspect of the debate–I’m lazy and stupid. So there you go. How about this one, via Babble, on …

The Mobile Mothers of Ireland

Last night I returned to New York after nine long days spent driving around Ireland. Usually, when I’m on one of these trips, I come back with some profoundly clever observation about parenthood abroad. Not this time. For some reason or other, I just didn’t see much of parents interacting with their kids. Which may …

Katy Perry Causes Hipster Schizophrenia

Entertaining item over at Gawker: Katy Perry filmed a takeoff of her song “Hot ‘N Cold” for Sesame Street, with Elmo, and the dress she wore is considered too cleavagey for PBS, so the clip won’t air. But what’s fun about that post is not the segment (which, if you ask me, is no big …