11/15/2012 11:24 AM
I deviated from my usual grandfatherly stance in last week’s blog to lambast the electorate of Washington and Colorado for voting to legalize the recreational use of ...
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11/14/2012 5:00 PM
Some people take smoke breaks.
Some people take lunch breaks.
I took breast pumping breaks, and until recently when I cut back to two daily, I used to take ...
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11/14/2012 12:56 PM
When the house rule is that food is not allowed out of the kitchen, it is easy to see why my family dinners growing up were spent together at the table.
Although ...
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11/14/2012 10:01 AM
The average American family will spend a whopping $6 more on Christmas gifts this year, which isn’t even enough to get you a decent pair of socks.
So this holiday ...
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11/12/2012 7:05 AM
Welcome to November! As the busy shopping season approaches, I'm going to run down things that we, as new parents have used every day.
They are definitely items ...
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11/10/2012 4:21 PM
Now that my maternity leave is over and my husband has resumed his share of the parenting duties, his number one complaint is “she doesn’t like me!”
Usually coupled ...
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11/8/2012 5:36 PM
My 4-year-old wanted Indian food last weekend, which proves that he got his mother’s sophisticated palate.
But he cried when the lamb korma came served on top of ...
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11/8/2012 1:12 PM
Six months I spent in hiding, trying not to make it obvious (and definitely not make it public) that I was feeding my baby daughter.
I'd pump in relative seclusion ...
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11/8/2012 5:00 AM
So the brilliant people of Colorado and Washington Tuesday voted to legalize the recreational use of marijuana.
This comes at the same time that a National Academy ...
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11/5/2012 3:30 PM
My first voting memory is 1976.
My mom picked me up from school, and instead of walking home, we headed across the field to my older brother's school to vote. ...
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11/5/2012 7:05 AM
I hope I'm not the only parent that always worries that s/he's raising his/her child wrong or that everything s/he does or says influences his/her child's future in some ...
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11/2/2012 1:16 PM
This recent Halloween was scarier in more ways than one.
Maybe it’s small government in action but the streets around our home seemed darker than ever, the lamps few ...
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