Entries from April 2008

April 17, 2008

Dads needed at birth?

This week saw much discussion of a statement of the bleedin’ obvious. The Fatherhood Institute believes that dads should be able to stay in hospital after a baby’s birth, to support mother and child, and that they should be encouraged to do so. It seems sensible, especially when the mum would need food and drink [...]

April 8, 2008

Sarkozettes II: more sloppy journalism

‘They don’t come from the usual elitist white male cookie-cutter mould of French politicians. They have grassroots political experience rather than coming from the old boys’ club of grandes écoles [the elite universities that educate the bulk of France's high-flyers]‘
Vivienne Walt, the Paris correspondent for Time magazine quoted in the Guardian
After my last post I [...]