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browser *edit* chrome for every site that it can handle - cjmart

Chrome, unless I'm mobile and then I use FFtogo. - Daniel J. Pritchett

Firefox - Alex Scoble

Chrome's 'Application' mode / iPhone - Johnny Worthington

Firefox mostly. - Steve Lowe

Browser (FFox 3) - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

Browser. I dislike all existing FriendFeed clients. Nothing personal, they just all suck to me. - Rahsheen ™, Coach of FF

Firefox3 at home and the Google widget in IE6 (ugh) at work. - Rochelle

iPhone - Glen Campbell, B.A.

Prism/Webrunner here for friendfeed and most other web services - Slippy "Threadsbane" Lane

Browser. - Roberto Bonini

Browser, but I wish there was a decent desktop alternative. - Matt Harwood

Firefox 3 or OperaMini 4.1 - Czar

FF3/Chrome. the new layout is not mobile-friendly on my HTC phone. usable, but - yuk - MikeAmundsen

Using Google Chrome on the PC, and running as FluidApp on the Mac. - Richard Peat

Interesting, thanks for fast replies. :) - Daniel Schildt

Firefox 3 - Muge Cerman

Sometimes I use twhirl, but for the most part I use a web browser. - Joshua Oehler

FF's nice iPhone version through Mobile Safari. - Dave Walker

I seem to be the only one using Google Reader to process a fair percentage of Friendfeed activity. That is how I discovered this discussion -- I subscribe to Friendfeed Best of the Day as a Google Reader feed. When I visit the Friendfeed website directly, I use Firefox. - Sean McBride

Sean's Google Reader approach is nice. Currently I receive daily email but often don't have time to read it. - Daniel Schildt

""The inequality of incomes in these families is unbelievable," said Sum, who has written numerous books and articles about the job market, young families and poverty. "Forty percent are poor, or near-poor. A large fraction is dependent on public assistance. Unless the mother is very well-educated and has a bachelor's degree or above, there's a huge fiscal cost to the rest of us." Most... more... - RAPatton

As a college student, she was burdened with homework as well as the draining work of caring for two children. She remembers the thought that danced through her mind during moments of exhaustion. "There were times when I was like, 'This is why people marry when they have a kid.' " - A.T.

"The next generation of children is going to be much more unequal than what we have today," Sum warned. "You're going to have a really elite group and a group that will massively fall behind. These gaps are really extraordinary. I testified before Congress and said, 'Look, guys, we really need to face this.' " - A.T.

so, they find it OK to have children without a father, at least, they prefer it to having the father around or birth control measures. why? (this is not a rhetorical question.) - 9000

Very disturbing. Are more women becoming more ... cavalier about the difficulty of motherhood? What is the motivation here or is there none? I wonder if motherhood seems the only worthwhile endeavor for many of these women - given their socio-economic and education situation. Lots of questions. - AJ Kohn

I knew a family that seperated in order to get public assistance. They're benefits advisor actually told them to do it so that they could get public benefits.. - Jason Shultz from twhirl

I've known too many girls who have been completely nonchalant about pregnancy and child-raising: equating it with having a fun, little dress-up doll. Underneath, I think that some see it as a means of getting a non-stop flow of affection. - Akiva Moskovitz

I'm married and have kids and I will honestly say that around 10% of the time I wish I was a single mom. It would be a lot easier to deal with the kids on my terms and not have to waste time waiting on my husband to do things. The rest of the time, I think "Wow...I just couldn't' do this on my own." Example: I'm feeling flu-ish. My husband is taking the kid to school and he's already made breakfast. If I were single, I'd have to drag my sick butt to school. - Anika

@Gregory: "faster growth of realized potential for all" - if everyone were to take care of children in the best way possible. Unfortunately, I don't see that happening. Seen *far* too much to believe that. - AJ Kohn

in some young (& uneducated) circles, having a child is seen as sort of a status symbol. this country already has a problem with uneducated kids having kids. as this trend rises, so will the social problems that go with the territory, which affect every single one of us - Cee Bee

I wonder whether this trend will raise questions with challenging current marriage model or, as usual major religions will use it for own needs (read -- proselytism, to raise church income) - A.T.

I think the institution of marriage as we know it is simply coming to an end, and a lot faster than most realize. (Clearly, this is the fault of the gays!). More seriously, people who are less than 30 today were in all probability raised by parents who were divorced. Is it so surprising that they don't put much stock in marriage as a social institution? My peers all seem to view lifelong monogamy as unrealistic, so they're adapting. Child rearing must change as well, ultimately. - Eric P

@Gregory I'm afraid we have that system *everybody taking care of everybody is the end-point, a ways away* for years in Northern Europe, it is called welfare state (libertarians prefer call it socialism, while having zero clue what IS real socialism) -- now, I don't know whether welfare state model is that perfect. And, yes, I don't know what is better than that. - A.T.

This is so interesting. Thanks for posting. Really sad information. - JoEllen

I find it interesting that after Roe v Wade, the acceptance of having out of wedlock children is greater. Was that when the tide changed and it became more acceptable for the father to leave? Because of choice? Or was adoption becoming less of an option? Also when in US history, did social welfare really kick in? Is that another big factor? I don't know enough about that specific history... - JoEllen

I don't think it was Roe v Wade. Rather, it was the success of feminism in moving women to the workplace, and breaking the financial dependency of women on men that had existed up till that point. - Eric P

"Sum advocates providing more public assistance and tax breaks for low-income families, especially those in which the parents are married and working." Basically saying that we should pay people to enter marriages. That is totally bad policy. Being in a household where parents are married just to collect the dole is NOT superior to the alternatives. Why not spend some money on education for these young women. - Clay Newton

I know this is a shocking statement, but we should pay people NOT to have kids. If you have never been married, have no kids and reach the age of 30, we should give you a seriously fat check. - Clay Newton

Clay++ - Jason Wehmhoener

Clay, I have often thought about that idea, and I like it more and more with each passing year. :/ - Anna Haro

I'm with you. I'm all for supporting the kids we have, but we should probably be providing incentives not to have them in the first place. - Eric P

JoEllen, I believe welfare program kicked in as a part of the New Deal. However initally it was used as intended - needed only basis. somewhere in the 70s or so I think it became more of an entitlement to some. i have a neighbor my age - i have never known her ot have a job in the last 7 years. last month i struggled to pay my light bill - the govt paid hers except maybe $50, as well as her rent. - R. Ferguson

How about providing every girl from puberty on with free, effective birth-control. Just start sending it to them (condoms and pills) in the mail every month when they turn 13. I'll bet that a large number of these pregnancies are "accidents" or even lack of being able to afford birth-control (high-school/college students don't have lots of extra money) and not the cavalier attitude of having a "pet" baby. - Her Lindsay-ness

@Eric how about instead of giving them an incentive NOT to have them. How about not giving them an incentive to have them i.e. tax breaks, etc. - Jason Shultz from twhirl

The problem is that the media has made it seem ok for these 16 and 17 year old girls to have kids.What needs to be done is for these naive parents to give their teenagers not only a talk but some sort of birth control! If that can't be done then we just need to go back to the chastity belt days! Influencing abstinence is no longer an option . What happened to adoption and abortion?Some people don't believe in it but if you cannot care for a child financially or mentally you are only making things worst. - Brandy Lea

@Lindsey you have to remove current administration first, before you send them pregnancy control. I mean - do THAT moron monkey at wheel first, then return to pregnancy control. - A.T.

"Samuels said that as a young woman, she intended to have just one child. So how did she end up with six, sired by five men? "Sometimes it's carelessness," she said. "Sometimes you're looking for love. A lot of women have the baby to keep the man."" - RAPatton

I strongly regret being to broke to see him in Atlanta a few months back. - Steve Spalding

He's playing on my last.fm right now. (A live version of "Clap Hands.") - Ontario Emperor

Oh Rain Dogs, I could listen to that all day. - Steve Spalding

Alice is brilliant! - embee

The entire album is great. I saw the adaptation of Alice that was written in conjunction with the album. - Steve Spalding

One of the all time best concerts I've ever seen. GO SEE HIM if your nearby when he's playing. - Kenley Neufeld