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• Should Michigan mom be prevented from baby-sitting kids?

  Mon Sep 28, 2009
  • A lot of these posts are just screaming contests where no one has actually read the article. The article says that the law states "no one may care for unrelated children in their home for more than four weeks each calendar year unless they are licensed day-care providers"

• Is it reasonable for airlines to charge for bags, meals and other services?

  Mon Sep 21, 2009
  • Passengers are not being treated like human beings when they arent allowed to bring water and then must pay for it.

• What do you think about TSA's liquid security rules?

  Wed Sep 9, 2009
  • I am beginning to think it is either a consipiracy or a handout to make us buy water in the airport or on the plane.

• No miracles for town that heeded adoption call

  Mon Feb 2, 2009
  • euphoria,

• No miracles for town that heeded adoption call

  Mon Feb 2, 2009
  • Everyone focuses on the money and I am tired of it.  When someone adopts a child with special needs it costs a lot more money and time to help them through than typically developing children who have not had the trauma of whatever happened to get them into foster care.  It is far cheaper …

• O'Neill: 20 percent down or no mortgage

  Tue Oct 28, 2008
  • It was not that long ago that larger downpayments were the norm.  However when the average earner gets 45k and the average  home price is 200k then it is an entire year's worth of salary (two years after taxes) just for the down payment.  That ratio is not sustainable.

• Who's to blame for the current economic crisis?

  Mon Sep 22, 2008
  • The banks conned so many people

• A tale of 2 sickbeds: Health care in U.K. vs. U.S.

  Mon Sep 22, 2008
  • These two tales of health care are not comparable. A private practice specialist always has more time for a patient than a hospital staff doctor. I have been treated in hospitals in a few countries. If the author had instead said her hospital care was in the US, it would have been the same story.

• 10 Tips: How to save money on diapers

  Wed Jul 30, 2008
  • I buy diapers on sale at Target and that is cheaper than places like Costco. Two other places I have found them cheaply is at diapers.com and Babys R US. I have to use Pampers Cruisers because my son leaks due to a medical condition without the extra leg elastic.