That is a conspiracy theory peddled by Michele Bachmann, one of a group of Republican politicians who claimed without evidence that Clinton advisor Huma Abedin had ties to the terrorist group.

My congressman hasn’t held a town hall in about 6 years. His district offices are not open to walk-ins. Our strategy - keep calling, keep sending piles and piles of mail, write letters to the editor of local newspapers calling him out, create websites pointing out their absence. Basically, do everything you can to…

Well, Rose’s attorney’s obligation is to cast doubt on the plaintiff’s story, so it’s not surprising that he’s not interrogating whether his client is dependable and honest. And the burden of proof is on the plaintiff, so they are meant to push back on the evidence she offers.

Thank you. It’s the internet - what can you do?

That’s totally fair. Again, I don’t know what’s going on with this particular child or how he should be categorized. But in the subsequent conversation, people started mentioning ASD (which of course runs a huge gamut, as “spectrum” implies) and there were broad statements about “sending kids away” and parents keeping…

I’m honestly not trying to make it “about me” and I really apologize if that’s what my comment implied. You wrote, “I know parents of kids with varying degrees of special needs, and all the kids live at home with their folks.” I was giving a counter example of the reasons someone might make a different choice.…

Not a comment on the Gosselin story (because I didn’t read it and don’t care that much), but as someone whose parents made the incredibly wrenching decision to place my severely developmentally disabled sibling in a group home/assisted living for the survival of their marriage, their emotional and mental health, and…