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...societal view of dads is that we're bumbling fools," Steve Dubin tells his all-male audience. It's Saturday morning in Weymouth, Mass., and 14 soon-to-be fathers are paying him to help keep them from fulfilling that stereotype. Dubin, a p.r. executive and Little League coach, pairs three rookies with three dads willing to hand over their babies for training purposes. Support the head, the instruction begins. Act naturally because babies can smell fear. Roll them over and rub their backs if they start to cry. "You'll probably hold the baby differently from your wife. That...
...Northwestern University sociologist and Army veteran, Charles Moskos pushed President Bill Clinton's Joint Chiefs of Staff to adopt the "Don't ask, don't tell" policy for gays and lesbians in the military, arguing that while the policy was not ideal, openly gay soldiers could undermine the morale of their comrades. A draftee who served for two years in the 1950s, he never lost his dedication to the military or his belief that all citizens should give back to their country...
...what would I tell her while I have the chance? That you and your classmates have changed since you arrived in kindergarten: you can read now, write in cursive, know the backstroke and long division and the state capitals. But middle school is an identity crisis waiting to happen. Right now your glorious brain is firmly lodged in the good head on your shoulders, which sit atop a body whose feet are firmly planted on the ground. All of this is about to change...
Finally, I want to tell you about Josh Quittner's marvelously informed story about how Google, Facebook and Apple are competing to create the world's next great cyberplatform. The article makes it clear that the winner will reap billions, but it also offers us insight into the larger battle over redefining the Internet--and our lives...
...Paleolithic era before launching the race into deep space. "This is our moment," he said. "This is our time." Moments, of course, are fleeting, and he talked about this one in the way geologists talk about eons. "Generations from now, we will be able to look back and tell our children that this was the moment ... when the rise of the oceans began to slow, and our planet began to heal," he said. When he was done, voters on all sides could sigh in relief, if only because at least the first heat of this amazing race is finally over...