Word: sonly
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...battles over gay and lesbian parental rights that have been the most hotly disputed. In some cases, the homosexuals are the parents who want the government to mind its own business. That was the situation with Sharon Bottoms, a birth mother who lost custody of her five-year-old son Tyler in a high-profile 1996 case. A Virginia court ruled that a nonparent--Sharon's mother--should raise Tyler because Sharon's lesbian lifestyle made her unfit...
There's nothing wrong with being cut from the herd," frazzled mother Lois tells her son Malcolm, who has just tested--to his chagrin--as a genius. "It makes you the one buffalo that isn't there when the Indians run the rest of them off the cliff." That, or it makes you the easiest target for sharpshooters; whoever coined the term "gifted" clearly never received a wedgie for being a brain. As the oddball sitcom Malcolm in the Middle (Fox, Sundays, 8:30 p.m. E.T.) shows, being pegged as special is more a "gift" in a Let's Make...
...time--a golfer since age 5, Muniz has a 13 handicap--he relishes his 9 1/2-hr. shooting days. Still, he says, "I don't see myself as different from other kids." To ensure he stays that way, Denise has quit her job as a nurse to tend to her son, who's being home-schooled. "I want Frankie to stay a good kid," she says. "I love it when people say he's talented, but I love it more when people say he's a nice...
...hard for me to think about ADMIRAL ELMO ("BUD") ZUMWALT without thinking about fathers and sons who serve together in the military. Admiral Zumwalt was my father's friend; they served together during the Vietnam War. Zumwalt had attained the highest command in the U.S. Navy, Chief of Naval Operations. My father was commander-in-chief of U.S. forces in the Pacific. My father ordered warplanes to bomb Hanoi while I was a prisoner of war there. Admiral Zumwalt ordered the use of Agent Orange in combat areas where his son served...
...admiral came to see me some years ago to discuss veterans with diseases caused by Agent Orange and the need to fund research. At the time, his son was dying from cancer caused by Agent Orange. The admiral knew, as my father knew, that his decision had been necessary to save the lives of many other Americans. I told him how sorry I was about his son. He said simply, "I'm proud of him. He did his duty." To some that might seem like a stinting remark, but military families recognize it as the most loving praise a father...