Cash Movie
Readers of this blog know I'm a Johnny Cash fan, despite his moral
shortfallings. A new movie about Cash is coming out. I'll have to see it, even
though it sounds like the producers will try to justify Johnny's decision to
leave his wife
Topic
Family
A collection of 204 issues
Emotional Bullying
Stop whining about it. Give your kid a stable and warm family environment that
always accepts him, tell him there are such things as "jerks" and "idiots," and
teach him how to scoff. I would think that would take care of 80% of the
problems, even
More American Ambition
Top of the Class: How Asian Parents Raise High Achievers - and How You Can Too:
This new book by two successful Korean women tells Americans why Asians are so
successful. Based on this review
[http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/16/fashion/sundaystyles/16TOP.html], it sounds
like the book
The Inner Lives of Children of Divorce
The forthcoming issue of The American Conservative has a favorable review of
Elizabeth Marquardt's Between Two Worlds: The Inner Lives of Children of Divorce
[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0307237109/thedailyeudem-20]. There's no
link available, but here's a bullet summary of
Again?
When the natural desire to procreate is stifled, it manifests itself in odd
ways. From this morning's NY Post:
A deranged Pennsylvania woman bashed her pregnant neighbor over the head with a
baseball bat, drove her to a secluded area, and slashed her belly in a maniacal
bid
Material Girl Backlash?
Madonna talks about her parenting slant:
> But as she nears 50, she has become a puritanical parent who is a disciplinarian
with her children, nine-year-old Lola and Rocco, four.
> Madonna, married to film director Guy Ritchie, says she has banned television
and punishes her daughter'
Sweet Sixteen
Makes my paltry seven seem like nuthin:
> Michelle Duggar just delivered her 16th child, and she's already thinking about
doing it again. Johannah Faith Duggar was born at 6:30 a.m. Tuesday and weighed
7 pounds, 6.5 ounces. . .
> Jim Bob Duggar, 40, said he
For Under-Childed Americans
Familiar theme: In an age when the average couple has 1.7 kids, they need to
squeeze all that love into one or two units, when it's meant to be spread among
many more:
> A new Bravo show – following on the MTV hit "My Super Sweet
More Dog Children
> Sometimes, you have to leave your dog home alone. Wouldn't it be great if you
could feel good about it? Dogopolis is proud to introduce KongTime, all day
entertainment for the home-alone dogâ„¢.
> Put dog food or a biscuit inside a Kong toy and what
Black Elephants
William Raspberry at the New York Post tells a story. Registration-required link
[http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/29252.htm]. Excerpt:
> Some years ago, South Africa's game managers had to figure out what to do about
the elephant herd at Kruger National Park. The herd was