A2Politico

My salad days, When I was green in judgment. —William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra. Act i. Sc. 5. Sometimes I catch myself in a "parenting moment," and I don't recognize myself. How can that mom who is giving her two-year-old candy on…

We parents are a gullible lot, suckers. Forever searching for the latest study, the cure-all answer to our problems. We get sucked in by marketing scams, too many short-sighted studies, and questionable advice. How many copies of Amy…

Rules, they’re not just for curfew-breaking teenagers or grueling sports matches. Sometimes rules can be overbearing, but sometimes they are absolutely necessary for everyone’s mutual enjoyment of a place, an event, or just life. Enter a…

A typical day for my best friend of 40 years, who just happens to be a secretary at a public middle school, goes something like this: Student comes in to office, needs to use the phone. "I need the phone. I forgot my lunch." My friend…

On March 3, 2011 A2Politico posted a piece about a poll conducted by the Freep in which it was reported that 27 percent of Michigan voters polled disapproved of Michigan Governor Rick Snyder's performance. In particular, during his first…

A2PNotes: Ann Arbor is home to some 16,000 public school students, and approximately 1,700 students who attend the city's various private schools. Those students are parented by tens of thousands of women and men who haven't a clue about…

On March 11, 2011 A2Politico broke the story (with some help, of course) about the layoff of 14 newsroom staff at AnnArbor.com. MichiganRadio followed up with a short blurb, and by this beginning of this week, local bloggers, including Mark…

Sometimes, other people beat A2Politico to the punch, and that's perfectly fine. In fact, sometimes it's a bit of a relief. The Weekly Whopper this time around goes to AnnArbor.com Kontent King (Chief Content Officer) Tony Dearing for…

A2PNotes: Ann Arbor is home to some 16,000 public school students. Those students are parented by tens of thousands of women and men who haven't a clue about what their kids really do at school all day, not because they don't want to know.…

This isn't the first time it crossed my mind to write about parenting, but the first time I embraced the opportunity seriously.  Whenever I would read about parents who blogged, I had one thought: You people are writing about what you're…