In the last 10 years, inter-country adoption has become popular, much more so because of well-publicized adoptions by the likes of Angelina Jolie and Madonna. Madonna was especially involved in a controversy way back in 2006 when she adopted little David from Malawi because the said child wasn’t an orphan at all. David was [...]

Good news! If you’re an adopting parent (as my wife and I will be, hopefully in 2009…), you know the high cost associated with the adoption process. Well, if you adopted this past year, you might actually enjoy your taxes this time around!For parents who completed the adoption process in 2007, you may [...]

A growing phenomena, largely related to the dearth of adequate and affordable health care in the United States, is what has often been called “medical tourism”. People fly to India, Mexico, Thailand, etc. for all sorts of medical (and often cosmetic) issues including bypass surgeries, knee and hip replacements, dental work, eye surgery, you [...]

Nicole Kidman is pregnant!
After two adopted children with first husband Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman has disclosed her first pregnancy to close friends. News of the pregnancy broke on London’s Daily Mail but was reportedly denied by Kidman’s publicist and Fox News’ Roger Friedman, who writes with certitude and authority owing to his own close [...]

Light bulbs, check.
Cordless drill, check.
Oh, and I might as well meet my biological mother whom I haven’t seen in 22 years.
Feel free to read the whole story, it’s a doozy. But here’s the summary - Steve Flaig, 22, was given up for adoption at birth. At 18, he started the investigation into who his biological [...]