She was only in jail for a week, and she wanted to breastfeed. Whether or not breast milk is a miracle genius liquid, it's her body and she made a choice to nurse her child (as is her right). Not allowing her to pump meant that she lost the ability to nurse that baby in perpetuity, not just the week she was in jail.…

If you wrote for a website, though, and saw that the headline was completely inappropriate and offensive, what would you do?

But the golf pro was only being investigated because she lied about a ton of other stuff (education, profession, etc). That doesn't really shore up your argument.

McCain's age (and history of cancer) became a much bigger deal after he chose Caribou Barbie as his second-in-command.

This was kind of my response. Lots of things happen more on television than in real life. Long-lost twins, for one.

Yes, and that bothers me as well. Trust me, I have room in my heart to hold everyone in contempt, much like a mother has enough room to love all her children.

Two things you might have missed, if he hasn't been on your radar screen:

1) He was drummed out of the UK after faking pictures of British soldiers torturing prisoners http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/p…

2) He may yet be indicted for his role in wiretapping phones http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/21/wor…

Even if some of those are the result of natural pregnancies that had twins, partially because older moms are more likely to throw two eggs, I'd bet your rate is still about 4%.

There was one day at the park in Rich Suburban Neighborhood where my daughter was the only kid on the playground that wasn't a twin. There…

This, and also this - only about 25% of kids in the foster care system are available for adoption. So, there are about 400K kids in foster care total and about 100K of them are available for adoption. Many of those kids are older, medically fragile, or are a part of a sibling group. Not every parent can handle…

OMG. That article. I read it when it came out and it just broke. my. heart. Thanks for re-posting.

1.5 percent isn't that much, until you think about how concentrated that 1.5% is likely to be (New York, DC, Boston, I'm lookin' at you). Since a lot of these folks are using egg donors, how long before we get our first "I accidentally dated my half-sister" story out of Georgetown Prep? 15 years?

I can only speak for myself but it killed my fangirl lady crush.

I can only speak for myself but it killed my fangirl lady crush.

Obama does a really good job of this - he routinely notes how easily his life could have gone in a different direction.

Right, but I think the financial piece is key. Just once I want to hear someone say "I worked hard, but I also got lucky and had a robust support network to help me succeed."

Instead we get mythology about the lone cowgirl makin' it all on her own, two urchins in tow.

Well....I'm a Davis fan but she explicitly crafted and put forward a narrative about how she basically bootstrapped her way from a trailer park to Harvard Law. It was a cornerstone of her public image. Had she not pushed that narrative so hard, there wouldn't have been so much blowback when it turned out that the…

I would be surprised if the bulk of the volunteers were actually from Sochi, to be honest. Given security concerns in the region, I'm betting they trucked in a lot of "trustworthy" (read: ethnically Russian and from Moscow) volunteers.

I feel like so much of what you are describing is self-imposed, honestly. I mean, it must come from somewhere, but there's this idea that women are being pressured by other women and, while it may be true for some, I've never seen it happen.

I run with the hippiest hippies that ever hippied. Seriously. Crazy…

Congrats on your pregnancy. May it be easy and peaceful. You deserve it!

Also, that lady sucks. Booo her.

I'm sorry to hear about your loss. I'd missed that. Good luck, and I'm glad you're feeling good headed into the home stretch.