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01/25/2024

I was Googling myself (don't judge - I had a legitimate business reason to do so) and I found that the Associated Press had picked up one of my old newspaper columns ... 7 years ago. Oddly, AP slugged the link "dogs-Keith Richards." Link in the comments and, if you read it, yes -- his ashes are still up on my bookshelf.

11/25/2021

No silverware, no alcohol, no football. Be safe this Thanksgiving.

An old-fashioned family Thanksgiving will soon be upon us as will all the relatives you have been blocking on Facebook. Good luck!

04/27/2020

It is now law.

Using two spaces between sentences will be marked as an error in Microsoft Word. The style choice is a relic from the era of typewriters.

12/13/2019

Sell our schools to a private developer for rebuilding? It's a possibility.

A plan to let private developers rebuild five Stanford schools is a theory without a model.

12/05/2019

A relevant column from 2017 in which I advocate kindness and death to "The Chipmunk Song."

The holiday season is a time of traditions: some beautiful, some hokey, most with the best of intentions unless they involve "The Chipmunk Song." In our home, the one tradition that reappears more often than even that screeching novelty tune is the call to "be nicer to one another." It is usually ma...

12/02/2019

It's never too early for some holiday dad jokes

Christmas dad jokes? Seriously? No, funny. That's why they call 'em jokes, folks. C'mon, we've done Halloween and Thanksgiving dad jokes already so you

11/26/2019

Some work on men who take off from work for family

Men in New York took advantage of the state’s recently added paid family leave law in record numbers, according to a state agency.

11/26/2019

The good stuff I get to edit every day

When something is geared toward black fathers – or any group - it's there to fulfill the need for specific and authentic to them.

11/21/2019

Even Little League needs effective ad copy ...

11/20/2019

The annual list of "Worst Toys" (aka,the toys with the most potential to kill, maim or expel gas in a crowded elevator) has just be released. For fun, let's look at my takes on last year's winners, uh, losers.

Some 'worst toys' here are no-brainers, as in “you have no brains if you think a 4-year-old should have a spring-loaded plastic sword."

11/19/2019

Some of my latest work at City Dads Group ...

Forget the mac and cheese. The Adventurous Eaters Club, a cookbook by actor Misha Collins and his wife, aims to diversify your child's eating habits.