All the SAHD News I've Been Ignoring ...

So I've been a bit wrapped up in defending at-home dads from ridiculous attacks from researchers, and I've haven't passed along some of the key news on at-home dads from across this great nation. Here's what I've missed:

• Newsweek's newly minted daddy blogger takes on -- point-by-point -- Charlie LeDuff's I'm-a-better-dad-than-you piece in Men's Vogue (which I've tackled here and in On Balance). Great stuff.

• At-home fatherhood: not just for Park Slope yuppies anymore: here's a North Dakota TV station's take on former rancher Gerrard Frederickson, who is going the daddy thing in a place where daycare is scarce.

• And it's not just ranchers jumping on the bandwagon: pastors are getting in on the wonders of being the primary caretaker, according to this nice profile of Vini Nunez from Phoenix.

(And -- by the way -- I'm not done with the UK study stuff. Still gathering opposition from people smarter and more immersed in this than I. Be forewarned.)