Dear Mr. Dad: In last week’s column you complained that advertising ignores dads. As I understand it, moms make most purchasing decisions. Wouldn’t advertising to men alienate women? And why should advertisers spend money pitching to people who don...

While officially four million more Americans – many of them children – found themselves in poverty from 2008 to 2009, the number is probably higher. The official total number of Americans in poverty is now 44 million, reports The New York Times. That 1-in-7 Americans are poor number is based ...