I suppose we can resvisit this later. But, let me just say now that the award for most self-indulgent and annoying op-ed of the day has already been won. Linda Hirshman has an endless essay about herself and how exciting it has been to be her as she goes about talking about herself and — oh yeah — her book about how stay-at-home moms are betraying humankind by not working. She does manage to blame — shock! — evangelical Christians for much of the push-back against her book and for the pernicious support this society gives to women who want to devote a few years to raising their kids. Of course, this is mostly childish guilt-by-association since she surely knows that the vast bulk of career-women-turned-moms she found while digging through the NYT wedding pages have absolutely no connection with evangelical Christians. I’m sympathetic with authors trying to create an “event” out of their book-release, but Hirshman comes across as so completely self-absorbed here, as if she really believes this book of hers is one of the Great Moments in Internet History. Sorry, it just really, really, really isn’t. And, a column by David Brooks and an appearance on Good Morning America doesn’t prove otherwise, nor does it justify the self-martyrdom act. Ultimately, she comes across as — among other things, to be sure — someone so new to the internet she doesn’t understand that simply because she’s received a lot of email and got a lot hits from googling her name, that doesn’t mean everyone is talking about her. Rather than use the Washington Post as a vehicle to advance her argument, she preens.

Now, if you’ll excuse me, it’s Father’s Day, and my very successful career-woman -wife/stay -at -home -mom (I’m a stay at home Dad, btw) is making me a lavish breakfast in celebration of one of the last greate patriarchal holidays.