Bristol Palin does not get to criticize Pres. Obama’s parenting. She can criticize his politics until the Kodiak bears come home, but not his parenting. Sorry.
At 12:32 this morning, S.B. 156, the sibling visitation bill, was placed on the House of Representative’s consent calendar.
Which means it passed, and you can read why here. I wrote about the bill here, because I was afraid that this good piece of legislation would [...]
To read the piece, go here.
To read more about Jame Bell at Connecticut Voices for Children, go here.
To read more about last fall’s Foster Youth Capitol Day, go here.
To read the legislation, go here.
To find your legislator so that you may contact [...]
One day, you’re getting puked on by your little boy, and the next thing you know, you’re getting puked on by that little boy’s twins. Speaking of which (and yes, this is my blog and if I want to inundate you with photos of my grandbabies, I can do so with impunity):
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And thanks, Cynical, for the link.
This photo, of New Zealand rugby player Piri Weepu feeding his daughter, has created quite a stir in his home country because a father bottle-feeding a child doesn’t jibe with the message that breastfeeding is best.
And thanks, Mike the Heathen, for the link.
An Ohio man was told to post a Facebook apology for an earlier Facebook rant about his estranged wife.
And the judge helped him write it. Some defenders of free speech have cried foul.
This is the tough-as-nails woman Stephen Colbert mentioned when he returned to his show last night.
I do not understand most of television network TLC’s lineup, but I’ve been particularly baffled at the popularity of the show “19 Kids and Counting,” which features the Duggars and their Quiverfull theology (best explored here, by Kathryn Joyce) that involves absolutely no birth control — ever — [...]
Not all North American Jews came here from Middle and Eastern Europe.
Come learn more at “South of the Border: Jewish Life in South America,” a lecture and discussion at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 3, at West Hartford Public Library.
Mark Overmyer-Velazquez, director of UConn’s Center for Latin American and Caribbean [...]
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