Posts Tagged ‘abandonment’

The Kentucky Poverty Task Force

September 22nd, 2009 | 2 Comments

I read a lot.  I work in social services.  I also live in the poorest Congressional District in the United States which is in one of the poorest states in the nation.  So, needless to say, I’ve seen poverty and deal with it rather regularly.  So, I took particular interest when I received this newsletter: [...]

The Consequences of Safe Havens

June 30th, 2009 | No Comments

Too often in politics an idea springs up, gets a wave of support amongst the masses, political correctness yields to political pandering, and legislation passes because of that idea. Then, after the fact, people understand why the idea was never enforced in the first place.  Nebraska has done just that.  Trying to deal with the [...]