NAAM Day 8: What the Hell, Donald! Free IVF for All?

I was unaware that Trump has promised “free universal IVF treatments.” I do remember, however,  his claim to be the “Father of IVF” which brings up the disturbing image of him whacking off into a kinky glass tube (or a sock) to pictures of Alina Habba or Laura Loomer. Continue Reading →

NAAM Day 7: Lower Teen Birth Rates Harm Missouri’s Economy

Yes, you heard that right folks.  Teen births are a good thing.  The more we have, the better off we’ll be…But we have a new brand of politician who in a whole new way, exploits teen pregnancy and birth for the most insidious of reasons: the amount of dollars they putatively generate for the state. Continue Reading →

NAAM Day 6: The Barbarians Are Coming: A Brief Mediation on Art, Power, and the Coming Dark Days

Although “The Barbarians are Coming” takes place in ancient Rome, it is a timely narrative of our own dysfunctional stagnant government, of our own politicians,  their hanger-on, and our legacy media, where wealth, spectacle, special interests, favoritism, and cruelty trump (excuse me!) humanity, compassion, reason, kindness, and ethics. “Ithaca” takes us on a meaningful journey to a kinder ending. Continue Reading →

NAAM Day 5: National Adoption Month 2024 Presidential Proclamation

It’s difficult to say exactly when without a lot of research, but at some point,  NAM was co-opted and hijacked by NAAM, the hellspawn of the adoption industry that promotes adoptacratic entrepreneurship and toots its industrial- strength horn. Continue Reading →

NAAM Day 4: Lost Adoptee History: The Great Pamplona Adoption Records Robbery

The news story reported that a man in Pamplona had been sentenced to prison for breaking into a Catholic orphanage and stealing 200 (or maybe it was 400?) adoption files and then sending them to the now adults to whom they pertained. Unfortunately, the article was only a couple of paragraphs long and did not go beyond that basic information. Continue Reading →

NAAM Day 2: Woman Says Selling Her Baby is a “different kind of adoption.”

According to the  Houston Chronicle, several months ago a pregnant Juniper Bryson, 21, attempted to sell her up-and-coming-baby for $150, allegedly to keep him out of fostercare. This paltry amount, she said would enable her to “move into an apartment so I can work a job and get (my daughter) back, or a cheap down payment, or [sic] any car to get to different places to DoorDash. Nothing crazy at all,” Even though the baby was due in a few days, she said she was willing to travel to meet potential adopters.  Continue Reading →

NAAM Day 1: Welcome to the Worst Month of the Year: November 2024. National Adoption Awareness Month

It seems like only yesterday that we put this baby to bed, and already it’s National Adoption Awareness Month (NAAM) again.  In the past, I’ve included the additional/redundant name National Adoption Month (NAM), but I’ve pretty much scrapped that one. Whatever it’s called, it’s that very special month when the adoption industry cranks its noisemakers and marches its brass band across the country to share the good news of family displacement, identity erasure, and kicking adopted people to the curb. Continue Reading →

NAM./NAAM Day 30: The Wicked Witch is Dead Redux

I hope this is a sign that Class Bastard is being treated with more respect than in the past, but I won’t count on it. Christian Nationalists, Christo-fascists, Southern Baptist bullies, baby-entitled simpletons, and forced birthers want to march us back in their fetid closet gagged and hobbled, so remain aware. Continue Reading →