I re-aggravated a nagging calf injury this weekend, which means I’ll be spending the next 7-10 days on the elliptical trainer at the gym. My book of choice for the ordeal: “The Lost City of Z,” by The New Yorker writer, David Grann.
The work has been atop my personal queue for a while, and the [...]

Dear sloth:
I’m sure you enjoy your lazy afternoons in the Healdsburg plaza, canoodling on that blanket with your (beefy) man. Your public fondling sessions appear to be so wonderful—so intense—that it’s no wonder you are incapable of paying attention to your adorable three-year-old as she wanders around the park.
With this in mind, allow me [...]

Sure, Gisele Bundchen might be hot, but she has proven this week that she is, in fact, as dumb as the footballs that her husband throws for the Patriots.
In a nutshell, new-mom Bundchen sounded off with her opinions on breastfeeding, stating something stupid about an international law requiring all moms to breastfeed their newborns for [...]

It’s amazing how much we parents tolerate in the name of love. Poopy diapers and cranky afternoons are the least of it; my personal least favorite is the act of cleaning up the various messes that L leaves throughout the day.
Normally, I share these duties with my wonderful wife. Considering that she left this evening [...]

As you readers know, my wife and I had a terrible experience on a recent United Airlines flight between San Francisco and Lihue, Kauai. In a nutshell, the plane had no changing tables and we were told, basically, to improvise. Infuriated by this heartless policy, I wrote a letter of complaint to United last week. [...]

Following our United Airlines/changing table debacle from earlier this month (still no response to my complaint letter, in case you’re keeping score at home), my angst is growing about the way airlines treat parents with young children.
All week, friends have been emailing me with sob stories about their own experiences on airplanes without changing tables.
Then, [...]

The following letter is a completely serious complaint about our recent flights to and from Kauai, and I formally filed it with United Airlines earlier today. This is only the beginning of my campaign against the airline on this issue. Trust me.
To Whom It May Concern:
I am a travel writer, Mileage Plus member (No. xxxxxxxxxxx) [...]

I write this entry on the lanai of our villa on Kauai; Powergirl and I have been here with the baby since Monday afternoon. Naturally, we’re having a blast. But there have been both highs and lows to the first portion of this vacation.
First, the highs:

• We adore our accommodations, a three-bedroom villa at the Villas [...]

NPR did its part to advance thinking about fathers suffering from post-partum depression this week, with an “All Things Considered” story about a recent study on the subject (thanks to my father for the link).
The story, which reported on a study in the current issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, analyzed 43 [...]

A friend and former editor today published a fascinating blog post about the salary equivalent of a stay-at-home mom. The number, according to a study dubbed the “Mom Salary Survey” by Salary.com, will amaze you: $117,856 per year.
Critics allege this figure is grossly overstated. Still, study authors set out to quantify a stay-at-home mom’s worth [...]