(CCL Anne Marie Grgich)
“WA Law Helps Conceal Rape of 12-Year Old” [sic] screams the headline. The story opens:
If we needed any more evidence that parental notification legislation is long overdue in Washington State, we just got it.
The truth? Washington law did not conceal the child’s rape in this case.
(CCL Jenn Farr)
As we wait for the Gosnell jury to return a verdict, we need to come to terms with the fact that this man is no atypical rogue.
He’s mainstream.
(CCL Robert Huffstutter)
As Britain gears up for Margaret Thatcher’s funeral Wednesday, it’s worth remembering the Iron Lady’s leadership style–style being the operative word here.
Journalists began calling for more limits on the Second Amendment immediately after the Newtown shootings last December. According to the Media Research Center, in the month that followed, ABC, CBS and NBC broadcast 216 gun policy stories on their evening news and morning shows.
(CCL DonkeyHotey)
They say that if you put a frog in hot water, it jumps right out. But if you put it in cold water and slowly heat it, the frog will sit there until it dies. I’ve never tried this, so I don’t know if it’s true with frogs. But I’ve been watching it work with people all my life long.
Remember last year’s YouTube video of the Hallelujah Chorus made by 5th graders in Quinhagak, Alaska? (Here is the video, with a little background on the kids and teacher who produced it.)
This year, kids in another small fishing village, this one in Mexico, have responded. Barra de Potosi is 25 miles away from Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, a large resort complex on the Pacific coast. Kids at a children’s library in the village, with help from the librarian and other adults, have put together their own video. Best listened to at full volume!
(CCL flickrolf)
Longing.
Desire.
It’s what we’re made of. Crammed full of, in fact. We wantwantwant.
Desperately.