The first time I donated blood, it was an excuse to get out of a house full of clamoring diaper-clad needy children. It's true. It was an escape for me. A couple hours away from home where I could rest and relax, talk to adults, have a snack without kids...

While I've never read anything by Ann Coulter, and probably won't just because I think she's so annoying in her interviews, I was struck by her comment that "single motherhood is a recipe for disaster", whether or not I agree with it.

A friend of mine who used to be...