Back in Black…and White November 12 2009
After a seven month absence from the print media, I’m excited to announce that I’m the new contributing columnist at the Pottstown Mercury. My first column for the Merc can be found here.
Here’s a taste:
We’ve all been there:
Dining in a restaurant or waiting in a checkout line, when a parent in close proximity to us says, “No,” to a toddler, and all hell breaks loose. Time grinds to a halt as we watch with growing frustration while the parent gently attempts to cajole, bargain and reason with the out-of-control child to no avail. As we smugly tell ourselves that we would never tolerate such behavior from our own children, a large part of us — a very large part — wishes the parent would give the kid what he wants so he would just shut up already.
And when the parent does just that, we praise the blessed silence while we “hmmph” in our own superiority, knowing full well that it’s the child who is really in charge.
In November 2008, it was conservatives who were those harried parents. Utterly beat down after almost eight solid years of unbridled, relentless hatred directed against President George W. Bush, we were ready to give in, too. After all, Barack Obama was such a pretty toy and they did seem to want him more than anything else.
Read it all here.
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