Continued from here. I'm not saying Jo Rowling is intentionally bankrolling clapping with one hand and sacrificing children on the alter of 'Gee, the numbers look good', but the CHLG does make me very nervous, and she is a founder ... along with Emma Nicholson, and given her history she really breaks me out in hives of anxiety and has me worrying about the kids who just might end... more

Unless you've been living under a rock, you have to be hyper-aware that July is Harry Potter month. (I live on a rock and have heard all about it, so I'm assuming the information is very widely spread.) The latest film opened last week, the last book comes out at the end of this one, and the ensuing frenzy cannot be missed.

Here's a a bit of a connection that adds to my Potter-ific thinking ... yes, I am a fan: I share a birthday with Harry, and his creator, J.K. Rowling -- the 31st of July. Since... more

I am constantly amazed by the way politics moves through the arena of children's issues and needs, and the craft with which spin tweaks dire circumstances toward a shiny, smiley-face projection of the situation. Case in point, this report from Pakistan titled, "Government planning model orphanages across country."

Sources said the Social Welfare Ministry was planning to introduce model orphanages in almost... more

Anyone reading this blog even occasionally will most likely have come across a diatribe or two on Her Royal Baronessnessmess Emma Nicholson. I can't stand the woman, although I've not met her and hope to never have the occasion to do so, because of what she almost single-handedly has done to children of Romania out of some twisted concept of righteous I-know-what's-good-for-you-so-there POV ... and because she's tried very hard to smear her views across international adoption in general. The woman still touts her efforts... more