The crazy lady strikes again for Wednesday, October 4, 2006

The superintendent of a local high school district has been suspended with pay for a spoof video he produced, then showed to a group of teachers at a training meeting. The video was also shown on the district website for about a week, then taken off once the controversy over the video got too hot for district officials to handle. Further details can be found in this UPI story. (An off-topic side note: I thought UPI had gone out of business until I googled this story. The UPI link was the first... Sign in to see full entry.

Recently, I was watching one of the morning news programs, and one of their segments featured an author who had written a book, about the isolation we are increasingly experiencing as a society, and the pressure those in the upper classes put on their children to succeed. That conversation reminded me of something I'd heard during a book study I attended several years ago. One of the other book-study participants worked part-time as the organist to a Jewish synagogue in Chicago's northern... Sign in to see full entry.

Yes, you read the title right. Former Representative Mark Foley (R-FL) is now claiming that he was abused as a youngster by a clergyman. Get a grip, Foley. All too often, people only reveal this kind of information after they get into some sort of trouble. That's what I feel is happening here; it's very convenient to come out with the information now, after he gets caught with his virtual pants down. If he didn't want people to make this connection, he should either have kept quiet about the... Sign in to see full entry.

In this news story, the reporter covering the story mentions an article in the fall issue of Ms. magazine, in which several thousand women admit to having had abortions. Two of the signatories to the petition mentioned in Ms. Magazine were apparently interviewed for the news story. One of the women had been pregnant with what turned out to be a Down's syndrome baby. Although I disagree with her choice, I agree (based on what I've seen of pro-choice literature) that a decision such as the one she... Sign in to see full entry.