| Jun 20, 2011 | Food / FarmingMcDonald’s should heed a call from some of the nation’s leading health professionals and stop marketing junk food to kids. It certainly has good reason to do so. One in three children is at risk for developing type 2 diabetes at some point in their lives...
| | Environment / HealthIf some predator were stalking fourth graders in your community, there’d be a mighty uproar to make the predator get away and stay away from your schools. But what if the stalker were the coal industry, dressed in an academic outfit in a gambit to brainwash...
| Jun 6, 2011 | Rights / DemocracyThe colors were brighter than any she had seen before. Shapes, letters, and lots and lots of colors adorned the walls. Around the room, children worked together building high rises with colored blocks and “reading” colorful picture books. “I had...
| | Rights / DemocracyI try to avoid religious commentary, but — Good God! What is it about confession that the Catholic hierarchy can’t seem to grasp? The grotesque epidemic of priestly pedophilia that has roiled the church has been under assessment in a five-year, $2-million...
| | Rights / DemocracyRich kids’ schools Are full of flair; Poor kids’ schools Exude despair. Cities rarely make headlines for their good news. Just the reverse. Take mine. Norwalk has garnered national TV and newspaper coverage for prosecuting a homeless mom who was stealing...
