I'm guessing that today or tomorrow, there will be a rash of posts in the blogosphere and stories in the news media about what we're all thankful for. I'm thankful, not just now but every minute of every day, for all that is good around me: my husband,...

Parents in the "autism wars" tend to, I think, package one another into tidy little boxes with specific descriptives on the outside, such as "Product contains uninsightful, vaccinating, non-organic-feeding, careless, unaware, uneducated parents," or...

Warning: Below, I use the word "penis." If that word makes you uncomfortable, you should not have read this warning. Our oldest child is 8 years old. I think, for his age, that he's somewhat sexually naive, not as aware of some sex-related distinctions...

The name alone makes no sense: "Scientific Link to Autism Identified." What does that even mean? As opposed to a "nonscientific link"? A "religious link"? A "philosophical link"? A "chain link"? And it simply gets worse from there. First of all, if...

Read this one today. It starts with several paragraphs of garbage masquerading as science-speak (e.g., "By looking at extensive scientific literature they discovered a cascade of hormones that emanate from the brain (hypothalamus)." Really? Gee....