Do Kids Need More Freedom?
Are modern parents to blame for our kids’ general inability to leave the nest? Almost every parent I know (including me) has made their teenagers download Life360 (a GPS phone tracking app) to monitor where they’re going, how fast they drive, ...
You Can’t Make this Stuff Up: Halloween Edition!
I shouldn’t be allowed to give out candy at Halloween – it’s such a target-rich environment for a smart aleck. It seems to me that every year the holiday gets stranger. I think the most popular costume this year was drunk parent. One Dad ...
Lotto Fever
I’m so sad that someone won the $2 billion lottery this week. Not because I thought I would win. From what I hear the odds of winning were (a) virtually the same, whether you bought a ticket or not, or (b) slightly worse than the odds of getting ...
I’m Sick of Junk (Part 1)
I just read that there’s a pile of garbage the size of Maryland floating in the ocean. Efforts are underway to clean it up and should be concluded by 2040 (assuming no more junk is added between now and then). Right. I wonder if they analyze the ...
