I’ve talked before about babyproofing our apartment, but as we work our way around the place, bolting things down and tying up power cords, I’ve come to realize that a couple of things simply can’t be done. That floor lamp that’s a little top-heavy? We’re just going to have to keep him away from it. …
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The Tantrum: Don’t Muss With Texas, Part 3
Continuing our discussion of small boys with long hair: My opinion is clear but bifurcated. I believe that those Texan folks are nuts for trying to prohibit any hairstyle–and I say this as a man who grew up in New Jersey in the eighties, amid the world’s greatest concentration of mullets and, briefly, something called …
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Love Child, never meant to be?
Peter Orszag, President Obama’s budget director, got a little unwelcome tabloid attention this weekend. Just as his ex-girlfriend Claire Milonas gave birth to their daughter, Orszag announced his engagement to a TV-news reporter named Bianna Golodryga. The New York Post put this on its front page, with a lot of talk about his “secret love …
The Human Dust Mop
I tell myself that our house is better-kept than most. Not better than everyone’s, certainly; there’s a level of everyday cleanliness that really cannot be achieved by a two-income family with no housekeeper. If we had one of those all-white minimalist interiors, it would be maximalist dingy before long. But I am enough of a …