Happy Father's Day

To all the fathers in the house. I saw on television the other day that Tim Russert has actually written (or something) a second book about why dads are awesome. Not, to be clear, a book about the phenomenon of family breakdown in the inner-city and its dire consequences. Just, you know, fond remembrances of dad as a follow up to his book of fond remembrances of his dad. The whole thing makes me feel a little less ridiculous about the idea that I'll have a book coming out soon. But it also strikes me that if I had as much money as Russert, and as big a platform as Russert, I'd really want to use it to say something about something important in the world.

This article available online at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2007/06/happy-fathers-day/42742/