In this Inquirer editorial Jane Eisner writes

How state officials charged with protecting the lives of endangered children could lose track of Williams’ three boys – and, it turns out, 277 others – is mind-boggling. Gov. McGreevey’s pledge to address his government’s many failures in these cases can’t be realized a moment too soon.

But to blame this tragedy only on overworked caseworkers and bureaucratic ineptitude misses the fundamental problem. And that’s why, despite my revulsion, I had to write this column.

Because somebody’s got to ask: Where are the fathers?

It’s unfashionable (has been for ten years or so) to ask that question. But giving your kids drugs is the new hip thing! Especially amongst the poor – who of course are less likely to have a father involved. Should take care of the problem nicely.