The airline industry’s latest First Amendment martyr, Robert Sayegh, was victim this week of one of the more miserable little abuses of power on American airplanes. Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 5136, which was actually taxiing for takeoff, returned to the gate so that police could escort Sayegh off. His offense? Swearing out loud. That Sayegh …
Author Archives: Nathan
The Mighty Reach of DadWagon
It can be hard to judge the reach of this humble blog. Yes, we know we have some readers (we love you madly, by the way). But are we, to use that shiteating buzzword of the day, influencers? Well, yes. At least, that’s what I’m going to assume, given this news from MSNBC.com today: Interior …
Le Retour à la Raison
Such sweet sorrow, when a blogger abandons his post for a week or two. On the one hand, I haven’t been writing about my kids. On the other hand, you haven’t had to read about my kids. But all that is coming to an end, as I’m rejoining the DadWagon just in time for the …
The Boy has a Birthday
Today is the boy’s third birthday. This is a very big deal to him. I can tell because the leading edge of all his learning is centered around his birthday. The first month he learned to say was May. The first numbers he learned were two and, increasingly, three. Some of his best and clearest …