On adoptee forums, it has been noted that most of the comments are more about the adoptive parents being such saints for adopting than about the adoptees themselves. Even making these children stand there like misbehaving dogs with whiteboards and the photos being publicly displayed is putting the parents' feelings ahead of the children's.

These kids will grow up. They will have a much more complicated understanding of what they went through than what is exhibited here, but these photos will always be findable. It's not really about what is best for them, at all.

"Directors selected it because it was at the end of a dead-end street"

If it was then, it isn't now: it's at a T-junction.

Go to Berlin. Every playground is different, almost all of them are too "dangerous" for U.S. standards, and they're all fun.

It seems that swapping clothes makes the two people appear closer in age.

Except the first photo would be my handiwork and the second photo would be proof of my children's much superior artistic skill.

If you don't eat at fast food joints, you can enjoy a lot of regional and seasonal foods in the States. This tells us more about the writer than about the US.

There's nothing permanent about a cute nickname. Even a girl can be nicknamed "Gotham" for that crucial first year.

But the graffiti on the outside of the cars was usually much more interesting and well done. Thanks for the memories.

A Comcast monopoly in their region should be illegal on the grounds of cruel and unusual punishment.

Why would this work for the 45% of travelers who are straight women or the 5% who are gay men?

Required xkcd: http://xkcd.com/84/