A Tampa breeder's Web cam focusing on a new litter proves an online hit. ...more

March 1, 2009

Retailers beware - don't wait until you're broke to file for bankruptcy. ...more

January 21, 2009

Devastated. That's the word Valdora Ward uses to describe her reaction to finding that her home of 31 years had been burglarized on Saturday. ...more

December 16, 2008

On Wednesday, I wrote about Aging Solutions, a nonprofit organization working with elderly wards of the state, and its efforts to provide simple holiday gifts for 350 people in nursing homes and assisted-living centers. ...more

December 16, 2008

The woman handed me a stack of gift wish lists. That's not all that unusual this time of year, especially around our house where the lists include electronic devices I have (a) never heard of and (b) can't afford. It has been like that for a long time now, but it has only been in recent years that telephones exist that do everything except, apparently, make phone calls. ...more

December 10, 2008

Florida has barred homosexuals from adopting children since 1977, yet gays and lesbians are allowed to be foster parents and raise wards of the state for years at a time. ...more

December 8, 2008

A 52-year old gay man and permanent guardian of his 13-year-old foster son last week won the right to adopt the boy, despite a Florida law banning adoptions by homosexuals. ...more

September 15, 2008

With many adoptive parents facing financial ruin as they struggle to care for their special-needs children, a local nonprofit agency is stepping in, teaching parents how to advocate for better family services. ...more

January 16, 2008

With many adoptive parents facing financial ruin as they struggle to care for their special-needs children, a local nonprofit agency is stepping in, teaching parents how to advocate for better family services. ...more

January 16, 2008