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The digital sewer is not my fault. It is, however, my problem.
I have shown my 3-year-old boy about four videos in the course of his life, and all of them were mistakes. Or, rather, all of them were, collectively, one mistake.
It has all been wholesome stuff—the little man likes An Innocent Man-era Billy Joel, so I played him the old MTV videos for “Uptown Girl” and “The Longest Time,” and, immediately, the video-watching became an expected part of listening to these two songs, though none others.
Kevin D. Williamson is national correspondent at The Dispatch and is based in Virginia. Prior to joining the company in 2022, he spent 15 years as a writer and editor at National Review, worked as the theater critic at the New Criterion, and had a long career in local newspapers. He is also a writer in residence at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. When Kevin is not reporting on the world outside Washington for his Wanderland newsletter, you can find him at the rifle range or reading a book about literally almost anything other than politics.
