Express Yourself

The recent coverage of Josef Fritzl and, unrelated, Nadya Suleman, has got me thinking lately about rights (?) and privileges (?) that go along with parenthood. Before I jump in though, I want to preface this article by clearly acknowledging that NO, I am not a parent! I do not have any children, and I [...]

On Grammy night, the news was released that Rihanna and Chris Brown, both scheduled to perform, would be cancelling their performances due to a “personal incident;” that “personal incident, as we now know, turned out to be a domestic violence incident, in which Chris Brown has been accused of beating up Rihanna, his girlfriend. It [...]

I’ve made an important decision in my life: I’m going to just stop assuming, altogether, that I’ve heard everything. That way, whenever something jaw-dropping happens, I won’t be shocked or totally appalled. In the case of Alfie Patten, our 13-year-old baby daddy in England, every time I think I’ve heard it all, I find out [...]