Last week, a Louisiana federal district court approved a consent decree (full text) in Cole v. Webster Parish School Board, (WD LA, May 11, 2018). The suit charged that the school district extensively promoted Christianity in its schools. (See prior posting.) The consent decree bars prayers at...
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How to Save a Bad Week
We had a pretty comical string of bad days recently, with Anton’s hospital stays, extra long work days and a change in childcare. Then, last week, when we were barely hanging by a thread, Toby crashed down some stairs, sliced his lip, needed stitches and couldn’t eat or talk.… Read more The post...
Consent Decree Settles Louisiana Religion In Schools Lawsuit
Last week, a Louisiana federal district court approved a consent decree (full text) in Cole v. Webster Parish School Board, (WD LA, May 11, 2018). The suit charged that the school district extensively promoted Christianity in its schools. (See prior posting.) The consent decree bars prayers at...
New Cancer Treatments Lie Hidden Under Mountains of Paperwork
Guideposts to powerful treatments may be buried in the nation’s medical records. But there is no easy way to gather those records or to get them into a usable format. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/21/health/medical-records-cancer.html?partner=rss
Chelsea Clinton: ‘I’ve had vitriol flung at me for as long as I can remember’
The former first daughter on privilege, female leadership, dealing with critics, and how Trump ‘degrades what it means to be American’When the American media describe Chelsea Clinton as royalty, they refer not to her popularity but to her ubiquity. Her very first home was the governor’s mansion in...
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