Maybe it is time to bring back the fairness doctrine, which the GOP abolished back in the 80s which permitted the dawning of the Limbaugh/Fox era. Haha

The comment from little Alice is both heartbreaking & so resilient. I wish I could give them both a hug.

A lot of grandparents have a similar reaction that you describe (in my day kids fit into the parents schedule not vice versa etc.). I find that to be a generational response— many times the grandparent still expects their adult children to fit into their schedule (for example a family related social obligation) and…

Your anxious stream of conscious sounds just like the internal monologue of someone who already is a parent of some very small children. Your partner is correct— you are clearly a natural.

Just want to reach out and say it will get easier . Everything you said in your post is so completely true and I say this as a person who was pregnant three times in five years and pretty much destroyed my professional career as I was already mom-tracked when the big recession hit so was one of the first laid off when…

Just fantastic. The line about the Bob Woodward key party was very funny and “creme fraiche brain” was perfect. I feel exactly the same way when I read essays by these nationally renowned dinosaurs as well as the phoned-in opinion pieces written by the fusty inexplicably employed writers of my local newspaper.

She wasn’t quite sure whether he was actually “a president” or whatever presidents are before they are presidents. Anyhow, not for me to judge why she could not pay better attention to civics. An offer of $10k is clearly a needed windfall.

Gen Xers have just outgrown it— have been there, done it, and have better or more pressing things to do now than wait for a pot hangover to resolve. Maybe we will revisit the issue once we are retired and our kids are grown. Should be legal then.