United States of Assholes

Okay, it’s been a couple of days now since the election, and I’ve had a chance to collect my thought(s). This isn’t entirely the right forum for this, but I’ll bend my argument around back to parenting eventually. And so: Frankly, none of this was surprising in the slightest. You could tell for months, maybe …

The Tantrum: Should You Just Move to the Suburbs Already? Part 3

Nora was born nearly four years ago, and she was born in New York City. The belly of the beast. Borough of Manhattan, hospital of St. Luke’s–Roosevelt, neighborhood of Whatever the Realtors Call It Heights. She’ll always have that. I spent my first 18 years in the avowedly suburban confines of Bethesda, Maryland, but I …

A Year on the Wagon: Who the Hell Are You People?

Anyone who’s started an ambitious blog quickly becomes obsessed with SEO, search terms, and statistics: who’s reading, and when, and how often, and how did they find the site in the first place? For us, the past year has been no different, although with nearly 6.2 billion unique visitors a month, we’ve had to do …