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Posted on Thursday, February 02, 2012 9:34 PM
The 10-year-old who committed suicide recently in a rural
Illinois community came home from school the day before in tears. It wasn’t the
first time.
Ashlynn Conner, a fifth-grader, had
complained of bullying for two years. After the most recent episode, Ashlynn
asked to be home-schooled and her mother promised to take her for a chat with
the principal the following Monday. The next night, her older sister found her
hanging by a scarf in her bedroom closet.
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Jill U. Adams, Special to LA Times: Posted on Thursday, February 02, 2012 3:11 PM
The Obama administration recently pulled the plug on lowering EPA limits. Itseems clear, though, that the lower the level, the fewer effects on health.
To understand the latest brouhaha about safe levels of ozone, it helps to understand the difference between science and policy.
First the back story. In 2008, the administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Stephen Johnson, reduced the allowable level of ozone in the air from 84 parts per billion to 75 ppb. Johnson said the change would lead to cleaner air and improve public health. |
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Jack Abramoff: Posted on Monday, January 23, 2012 3:17 PM
When most Americans think of bribery, they think of some oleaginous
lobbyist handing over a brown paper bag stuffed with $100 bills, buying
the vote of some venal politician. They think of Lyndon Johnson with
envelopes full of cash. They think of William Jefferson's freezer
deposit box. Yes, all of these images are accurate and classic examples
of bribery, but while they tend to titillate and amaze us, they also
distort the true picture of bribery in our politics.Handing over cash - in bags, envelopes or freezers - is rare in
21st century America. |
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Posted on Friday, January 20, 2012 5:17 PM
How many times have you told yourself that you'd be able to be happy "if"?Ifyou had that extra 100K in the bank,ifyou were able to buy a new car,ifyou had the Vuitton suitcase and the champagne and the first-class flights and all the rest of it? Richard Watts' new book,Fables of Fortune: What Rich People Have That You Don't Wantis here to debunk that myth, and set straight all of the other lies that we all tell ourselves about being rich. Watts spends his days managing the private affairs of some of the
wealthiest people in America. |
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Laura Turner Seydel: Posted on Tuesday, January 17, 2012 11:56 PM
According to the United States Census Bureau, each day 361,481 babies are born around the world. This past fall, one of those 361,481 babies bumped the world's population to 7 billion.
When I was born 50 years ago the world's population was 2 billion. At the time, my dad, Ted Turner, was shocked that in his 30 years of life the population had grown by 1 billion. A half-century later the disbelief continues with the addition of 5 billion people.
According to David Bloom, an economist at Harvard University, the world's population grows by 80 million each year. |
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Posted on Tuesday, January 10, 2012 11:30 AM
Remember Joe the Plumber? We met him four years ago when he
asked then-candidate Barack Obama about taxing small businesses.
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Posted on Thursday, January 05, 2012 4:17 PM
If volunteerism is a measure of someone’s
passion, then Lisa Sellman’s knows no bounds.
Sellman, a professional dog
trainer and owner of a pet care business, volunteers periodically with no fewer
than 16 different organizations, with her activities ranging from working at an
animal shelter to taking disabled kids on nature hikes during the summer. She is
a community activist and lifelong volunteer, and she knows what it means to
serve others.
"If you want to feel good, volunteer," said Sellman, also
author of the children’s book |
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Posted on Thursday, December 22, 2011 5:01 PM
For all the promise of joy, peace and harmony that comes
with the holiday season, the reality for millions of people is that the season
is anything but a celebration. For many, it’s a reminder of lost loved ones,
personal disappointments and dreams left unfulfilled.But for life coach Teri Johnson, whose personal journey through an
imperfect life now inspires others to reach for the lives they’ve always wanted,
the negative “nevers” of the disappointing hand life may have dealt you is where
the healing starts. |
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Posted on Monday, December 12, 2011 11:42 PM
Secret Service
Pioneer Sees The Beginnings Of
A Bigotry
BacklashIn Alabama, fields of tomatoes are ripening – with almost no
workers to pick them.
In that state’s classrooms, teachers face rows of
empty desks. Many of their students suddenly disappeared, having fled with their
families.
After the U.S. Supreme Court upheld much of Alabama’s tough new
law governing undocumented immigrants on Sept. 28, many workers – mostly
Mexicans – quickly packed up and left in fear. Some of them, according to
press reports, gave up their homes and jobs even though they were working here
legally. |
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Posted on Thursday, December 08, 2011 12:31 PM
ChantLanta Sacred Music Festival Secures National Acts Festival dates are March 9-10, 2012
The
festival will include top regional kirtan performers, free yoga and
chanting workshops from Atlanta’s top yoga instructors and kirtan
artists, a high-quality regional artist market and headlining
performances by national kirtan acts |
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