The Dangerous Book for Boys (Collins, 2007) is one of the most wonderful, sexist books I have ever read. I don't mean sexist in a bad way. The Dangerous Book for Boys does not put down girls, but it does not shy away from the idea that boys and girls are different. Indeed, it is unapologetic about the idea.

The book I boug...

So our new governor, David Paterson, is black and blind. If we didn't know that a month ago, we know it now because the media has corrected our ignorance over and over again during the past two weeks. Paterson is the first black governor of New York State and the first blind governor of any state. But Governor Paterson has a ...

I received an e-mail the other day from another Helium member who wondered why I had five rating stars and she had none after she had rated hundreds of articles. I e-mailed her several tips. One of them was "don't be afraid to flag articles." Flagging articles helps the person who has written the article because he or she rec...

I have often wondered if I am the only man who has read the entire Little House series of books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. While I grew up reading the Hardy Boys, Tom Swift Junior, We Were There, Landmark and other children's series books, it wasn't until I was an adult that I discovered the Little House series. I bought the se...

Child Protective Services took my child in October 2004 based on false allegations. I had to fight to get her back and finally did, but not before Child Protective Services had caused great harm to my child and my family.

The truth behind 'child protection reform' is that there has not been any meaningful child protective ...

October 4, 2004. I will remember that day for the rest of my life. For me, September 11, 2001 fades in comparison because October 4, 2004 was the day Child Protective Services (CPS) of Montgomery County, New York took my daughter away from me based on anonymous and false allegations. I finally got her back, but she would neve...

I had been in the book business for fourteen years before I became aware of The Victory Book Campaign. I had purchased some books at an estate sale, and when I opened up one of them, Masaryk's Democracy by W. Preston Warren (University of NC Press, 1941), stamped in the front was this message: "Gift of The People of the Unite...