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May 15, 2012

Sendak’s Not-so-Wild Things

Researching last week's piece on tattooing revived somewhat my old interest in Polynesian culture. With...

December 2011

December 29, 2011

Cautionary Tales for Adults

Seven years before Uncle Tom’s Cabin hit the shelves, a German psychiatrist named Heinrich Hoffmann...

December 17, 2011

Oedipus in the Heartland, Choruses in the Combox

Last night, the Anchoress blogged on a peculiar prank that parents, in collusion with the...

December 15, 2011

Elf on the Shelf: Scrupulosity for Unbelieving Tots

Today in Slate, Torie Bosch describes how non-religious parents are using the children’s book Elf...

November 2011

November 24, 2011

A Cardinal’s Brutal Homily

My mother lives on the second floor of a high-rise apartment building on West End...

November 22, 2011

Autism: The Result of Math Whiz X 2?

If you're Jenny McCarthy, you blame autism on vaccinations. If you're Michael Savage, you blame...

October 2011

October 20, 2011

For Today’s Kids, Is Playtime Over?

You know that childhood play has become a serious business when there's a peer-reviewed journal...

June 2011

June 27, 2011

The New Orthodoxy: Gays Good, Abortion Bad

According to a smarmy truism, you can make God laugh by telling Him your plans....

June 13, 2011

St. Francis, My Father, and Me

I don't normally write anything heart-warming, but last Thursday, the day my weekly Patheos column...

June 11, 2011

Gepetto: Helicopter Parent

Slow news day -- or at any rate, slow brain day. This McSweeney's piece by...

June 06, 2011

Eek! A YA Novel!

Change your maps: the YA section is the new Gommorah, at least according to Meghan...

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