by Stephanie Kraft | Jun 12, 2008 | News
Somebody ring the Liberty Bell. An African-American whose middle name is Hussein, no less, is the presumptive Democratic nominee for president of the United States.For those of us old enough to remember unapologetic segregation at every level, from elementary school...
by Melissa DaPonte Katz | Jun 12, 2008 | News
In the Department of Social Services' (DSS) early days, the role of state custody was easy to grasp, even if it wasn't always easy to carry out. Today it's neither. The needs of abused or neglected children in state care—whether in foster homes,...
by our readers | Jun 12, 2008 | News
Viva VipassanaThank you for the positive review of the film The Dhamma Brothers by Jack Brown [Cinema Dope, May 29, 2008]. The Vipassana program has been taken as part of treatment within this department. So far, over 150 inmates have gone through the program. The...
by our readers | Jun 12, 2008 | News
Hillary Plays DirtyI used to think that I would be equally happy with either [Democratic presidential] candidate, but the things Hillary has done to try and stay in the race have pissed me off. Pushing to get the Michigan and Florida delegates seated? What a load of...
by Stephanie Kraft | Jun 19, 2008 | News
Ex-White House press secretary Scott McClellan's new book, What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception, is not only interesting in its own right, but because of a footnote it sparked when new author McClellan was...
