It's impossible to understand why people do such stupid things. That's why trying to determine the motives of Nadya Suleman, "Miracle Mom," is not worth the mental gymnastics necessary to conjure some excuse. This single mother of new octuplets, who already had six children being raised by a grandmother, is just a twisted example of what goes on with too many people these days. They pump out children while taxpayers foot the bill. ...more

February 25, 2009

Regina Pate is one of those numbers you read about in the economic misery index. ...more

December 25, 2008

One morning last month, Arwa Abdu Muhammad Ali walked out of her husband's house here and ran to a local hospital, where she complained that he had been beating and sexually abusing her for eight months. ...more

July 5, 2008

James Evans is looking for children with a problem. Those are the ones the former Buccaneer hopes to turn from hopeless to optimistic, from dependency to self-sufficiency through his 11-year-old organization, Tampa Bay Academy of Hope. ...more

October 27, 2007