Northern Flicker

I'm happy with the way the election turned out. American will be a better country for it. McCain ran a terrible campaign. He didn'...

I've been a lifelong liberal, but have generally tried to appreciate what the Republican Party brings to the table, and that most of us ...

Haven't been doing much blogging lately. I love it, but would rather spend my free time doing things than talking about things. I'v...

R.E.M. albums seem to come in one of two varieties: carefully composed or much more spontaneous. For the former category, think Murmur , A...

Following up my earlier post about parenting paradoxes, here are some more: I want my kids to become more self-entertaining and be able to t...

I grew up in the 70's, when the culture wars in America were raging in earnest. One theater of those wars was whether mothers should ta...

Before becoming a parent, I would occasionally follow the debates about corporal punishment. My wife and I decided that corporal punishment...

I read something recently that struck me: It's useful for parents to have a consistent parenting philosophy, but also to be flexible and...

"Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body....

So the latest news is that the Packers will offer Brett Favre $20 million to retire, instead of showing up at training camp. Since they wou...

Ok, so I didn't blog at all during the entire 2007 NFL season, which was a shame, since that was one of the most interesting seasons in ...