Andrew – I appreciate the effort, but I’m not sure I buy it. Derb’s initial post was plainly intended to debunk Rich’s column which was hardly without political content. And Derb’s post also said the best things a dad can do are to make a lot of cash and buy a house in a nice neighborhood. Given NR’s historic views on such things as the role of the family, religion, traditional morality and the like, it strikes me that such materialism deserves rebuttal. And, besides, this is a fun argument.