By Richard Black of The Unfit Father As a stay-at-home father, there’s something incredibly awkward about asking a mother if she’d like to have a playdate. I suppose the situation would be even more awkward if I didn’t have a child. Fortunately, I’ve been blessed with my six-year-old daughter, Darcy, […]
By Richard Black of The Unfit Father Hello, my name is Richard Black. I’m running for President, and I’d like your help in making America pretty good again. I’m also running because I’ve got a lot of time on my hands, which really can’t be said for my opponents. My […]
“Just breathe,” I say to Darcy, my six-year-old daughter. “Look in my eyes and just breathe.” She’s taken a fall on the sidewalk, running in the ill-advised flip flops I told her to trade in for more sensible shoes. “I told you so,” however, holds little satisfaction from a parent […]
The guest bed in our house, the one in the room that smells like something old and musty and unused, is covered in the detritus of my daughter’s art projects and school work. These pieces were first housed in my wife’s office in overspilt piles, but Laura needs the space […]
Hi. My name is Richard Black and, just in case you missed the title, I’m running for President. When I was a boy, America was a pretty good place. It wasn’t great. We had our problems. Manufacturing was outsourced to third world countries, crystal methamphetamine was ravaging the nation and […]