That exact logic was used against Anita Hill.

It’s simply astounding how the GOP went from 16 (I think?) very different candidates and have ended up with 3 that nobody is eager to nominate.

Screw You, Trump, for making me feel something other than hatred for Cruz.

Life in prison is not “getting a free pass.”

One of things I hope for most dearly is that the death penalty will be abolished in my lifetime. Not the feckless, useless, piecemeal state by state abolition, but the federal government actually stepping up and saying no more. I hate this shit. It’s WRONG.

“the custodial parent doesn’t get that chance”

I’d be interested in his exes speaking for themselves and giving their own perspectives in their own voices.

You make a good point that I think seems to be lost with a lot of the comments here. The writer seems to be making an explicit claim that punitive measures like cancelling his driver’s license are both demoralizing and counterproductive to him being able to find the kind of work he’d need to support his kids. I buy…

I kind of think that after a certain time of avoiding child support payments, the custodial parent should have the right to independently sever the parent’s parental rights. Sure, that would probably mean you can longer collect child support, but I feel like if you haven’t been paying for the better part of a decade,…

“Have you lost your mind?” Amy asked. “What do you even know about this man who would become her father?”

He also doesn’t mention being any part of the day-to-day labor of raising a child. I would have had a totally different reaction to this piece if he had said “I don’t make enough money to pay child support, but my flexible schedule means that I do all the after-school pick-ups, sick-day care-taking, etc...” Instead,…

Since he always refers to her as his fantastic daughter, I’m going to say he has limited interaction with her in real life. Using superlatives and flowery language is supposed to make up for the distance.

Then we should get the perspectives of both women raising his children without his consistent and reliable financial support.

I used to process garnishments at my last job, granted not for CA but for several states and there is a limit on what they can take and it was well under 70%.

OK, the system sucks and taking away your driver’s license is destructive to your earning potential and unhelpful. But, like - if your kids lived with you full time, you’d have to find a way to make it work. As the mothers of those kids already do. Stop thinking of child support as something you will pay when you can,…

I really like the idea of a counterpoint article from the ex. That would be a valuable perspective.

My ex owes 30k, and he’s supposed to provide health insurance and pay 50% of her medical expenses. He’s never done those last two.

This is a wonderfully written piece with a rather glaring error: you don’t owe your kids money, you owe it to the women who relied on their own income to clothe, house, and educate the children you love.

I’m curious about your actual relationship with your daughter... I don’t see it mentioned, so unless I missed something, I’d like to know if you speak to her, see her, or do anything to maintain a relationship with her.

I have a child, now 18, and did not get any kind of financial support from her father. We were very…

What'd I'd like to know is how the mothers of your children were keeping it together all this time.