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- I am an only child, and so is my son. And we are not weirdos | Polly Hudson
Selfish, lonely, maladjusted – the prejudices against only children persist, as well as of their parents for just having one child. But we are an army on the riseSticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me ... must be a saying thought up by somebody extremely privileged. For everyone else, words wound, and there are certain groups that are seemingly, bafflingly, forever considered fair game. No matter how PC the world becomes, they’re immune from progress, and it apparently remains permissible to make comments, assumptions and jokes about them, and to attach outdated stereotypical attributes. Only children aren’t unique in having to tolerate this, of course, and they won’t like that. After all, they don’t like sharing anything, do they?Badoom-tish! Hilarious, no? Well, no, not to me. I am an only child with an only child, so colour me double-offended. Actually, not offended – bored. As anybody would be, hearing the same tired, lazy “gags” over and over again. Continue reading... [TheTopNews] Read More.33 mins ago - Can inherited money be garnished for unpaid debts?
An inheritance can provide you with financial relief, but your lingering debts can complicate what happens next. [TheTopNews] Read More.35 mins ago - From penalties to Pavarotti and Beckham to Bruckner: classical music and footbal...As the World Cup gets underway, we look at the music that has soundtracked the beautiful game – and the composers who have loved itFrance ’98, when Scotland last faced Morocco at a World Cup – as they do this Friday – and lost a crucial game three-nil. (John McGinn’s winner against Haiti in Boston on Sunday rewrites all the recent records and sets the team on a path to almost certain glory this time around. Obviously.)But you could have read the runes of Scottish doom in that World Cup by the tunes that Scotland fans had in their ears. Scotland’s song that year was Del Amitri’s masterpiece of melancholy, Don’t Come Home Too Soon, the most downbeat, honest, and lyrical World Cup song ever written – alas, the team didnae listen. And there was the BBC’s World Cup titles for 1998: Fauré’s Pavane, which lifted the moodometer from melancholic all the way to apathetic. (Not that England did much better, despite the surreal street party of Vindaloo, Engerland’s unofficial anthem, and the self-satisfaction of Three Lions, they went out in the round of 16, after David Beckham’s red-card against Argentina.) Continue reading... [TheTopNews] Read More.36 mins ago
- Luigi Mangione’s lawyers will argue psychiatric defense in state murder tr...Luigi Mangione's lawyers will argue that he was suffering from an extreme emotional disturbance when he allegedly killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. [TheTopNews] Read More.37 mins ago
- Rex Heuermann faces sentencing for Gilgo Beach serial killingsRex Heuermann will be sentenced after he pleaded guilty to killing seven women in a series of murders known as the Gilgo Beach serial killings. [TheTopNews] Read More.39 mins ago
- D.C. Democratic primary for mayor results still undetermined in city’s fir...Democratic socialist Janeese Lewis George is holding a lead with 64% of ballots counted. [TheTopNews] Read More.40 mins ago
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