Time to clear out the pile of stuff that's been accumulating:

Ted Koppel, in his pre-Nightline days spent some time as an at-home dad. Who knew?

Opt-Out Revolution stories are a farce. I've posted again and again about the silly stories on upper-class women fleeing the workforce to stay home. It turns out that it's not only the reasoning behind these stories that is flawed. The demographic trend of women leaving the workplace in larger numbers because of children doesn't actually exist, according to the Center for Economic and Policy Research. Somehow, I'm willing to bet the stories will keep coming anyway.

Ad man Neil French was canned earlier this year for suggesting that women couldn't hack it in his industry. Now he's amended his remarks to point out that regardless of sex, kids make you a bad worker (They are "incompatible with the long hours needed to become a top creative.") It's a stupid statement on so many levels, not the least of which is that people who spend a lot of time around kids are, almost by definition, the most creative people on the planet. (Thanks to Chris of (Only) Man of the House for the tip.)

Finally, if you're curious to read an angry, trapped-in-the-50s rant arguing somewhat incoherently that men shouldn't be seen as the parenting equals of women, check out this townhall.com column.