I'm suffering from some serious Internet problems at the moment, so my blogging time is stressful and limited. Here are some bits of news you can use, though.

Ethica: An Independent Voice for Ethical Adoptions had appointed a new executive director.

The board of directors of Ethica, Inc., a national organization committed to ethical adoptions, is pleased to announce the appointment of Linh Song, MSW, as the organization's new executive director.

"We searched... more

I'm getting so much news for you all coming in that I'm running out of space, so here goes:

First, this about adult adoptees and Social Security:

Make certain adult adoptees have copy of Adoption Documents from Eileen Flannigan at eileenmc@ptd.net

The court in N.Y. have told me to pass the word along to our adoptive families that the adoption documents have been requested by Social Security of adult adoptees who are now applying for Soc.Sec. Benefits. They stated that it... more

There's adoption-related news from all over today ...

I must start out with what was breaking news this week, but doesn't square at all with other reports we've seen. Do you recall this post from the 17th ... UNICEF's big PR spin on "Signs of Progress and Momentum in Global Response to Children and AIDS," that I published with hopes that you'd read with an eye toward digging through the fluff?

Well, a case of the right hand not knowing... more

Continued from here, where I've been posting bits and pieces of news that have been cluttering my desktop ... Mel comes into it down the page a bit ...

From Lisa, a report from Guatemala about life there for many children.

Guatemala has the highest rate of malnourished children in the Western Hemisphere, even higher than... more

In an attempt to get my desktop tidy, all odds and ends sorted or tossed, and every bit bitten and each bob bobbed, today I'll share links to various stories of interest I've come across lately but have not yet written about. First, here's something on international adoption from a US Congressman who is an adopted father of two Korean-born kids.

The congressman flatly rejected claims of and concerns about abuse... more