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• Owner: Kitten froze to death in plane's cargo hold

  Wed Jan 26, 2011
  • JS, the bit in your post about the new, tiny, baby, hairless kitten just gave me a thought about flying pets in cargo. A person would never fly a tiny, baby HUMAN in cargo, so why would anyone think it's acceptable to fly a pet cargo?

• What do you think of the 'twiblings' story?

  Tue Jan 4, 2011
  • I agree with you that adoption is not for everyone. What bothers me though is how people characterize adoption (as Ms. Trentham implies here) as somehow more costly, perilous and emotionally and physically (at least in the case of IVF) draining than IVF, surrogacy, and finding gestational donors.

• What do you think of the 'twiblings' story?

  Tue Jan 4, 2011
  • I too get tired of hearing how there are no babies to adopt in the US. What a crock! I have a white, single relative in her mid-30s born right here in the US and living here in the US who is about to adopt a black infant whose mother knows she is incapable of giving that baby what babies need.

• What do you think of the 'twiblings' story?

  Tue Jan 4, 2011
  • I don't really care how this woman brought these twins into her life. To each their own. But I take issue with her characterization of adoption as costly and fraught with peril.

• What's the most dubious food gift you've ever received?

  Tue Dec 14, 2010
  • Re the mustard: My thoughts exactly.

• What's the most dubious food gift you've ever received?

  Tue Dec 14, 2010
  • My mother used to can tomatoes and peaches. She also used to make homemade applesauce (with the peel on, I might add). NOT ONCE did any of us get sick from anything.

• Vermont senator bashes tax bill for 8.5 hours

  Fri Dec 10, 2010
  • Did you children earn that money? Didn't think so. Show me their paycheck and I'd agree we have no right to that money.

• Vermont senator bashes tax bill for 8.5 hours

  Fri Dec 10, 2010
  • You've got it the wrong way round: They are a reflection on what this nation has become.

• Vermont senator bashes tax bill for 8.5 hours

  Fri Dec 10, 2010
  • The Dems in Congress had 4 years to do something about the deficit. They were more interested in maintaining the status quo and funding their OWN special interests to care about this country. Ditto for the GOP.

• Vermont senator bashes tax bill for 8.5 hours

  Fri Dec 10, 2010
  • Yes, communists, socialists, moochers, etc. Not to anyone who believes in what this country is supposed to stand for.