Blog: community
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Criminalizing Motherhood?: Who’s to Judge
Posted on October 22, 2008 by Kathy McManus Comments (25)
Should a bad mother be prohibited from having more children? A 20-year-old Texas mother admitted that she failed to protect her 19-month-old daughter from being beaten by her father. A judge sentenced her to 10 years probation, with the unusual condition that she not conceive or bear any more children during that time. Should the government decide who can be a mother? Read full article »
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Neighborhood Watch: Do You Really Know Who People Are?
Posted on September 19, 2008 by Kathy McManus Comments (3)
In the old days, the protocol was to meet people first, then discover things about them after. Now a new online service up-ends that etiquette by inviting users to run a background check on anyone in the U.S. For Free. Should everyone be allowed to access anyone’s personal legal history, whether or not it’s criminal? Read full article »
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Fast Food Limits: Food For Thought or Food Police?
Posted on September 3, 2008 by Kathy McManus Comments (12)
Should government be responsible for deciding what kinds of food you can—and cannot—eat? The city of Los Angeles recently sank its teeth into the issue by banning any new fast food restaurants. Do the new regulations serve up food for thought, or food police? Read full article »
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Cold But Not Cool: Time to Close the Door?
Posted on July 23, 2008 by Kathy McManus Comments (15)
Cold air is a hot topic, as shops and stores across the country blast arctic air out their front doors, wide open, non stop. If you embrace the door-busting chill, are you a cool customer or an unwitting accomplice to an irresponsible environmental crime? A New York city councilwoman recently introduced legislation to stop the practice, but should wasting energy be illegal? Read full article »
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Lighthouse
Posted on June 17, 2008 by Kathy McManus Comments (2)
Sometimes being responsible is a burden. A lopsided obligation. A lonely and thankless job. In the wonderfully animated short film Lighthouse, a grumpy lighthouse keeper makes sure that a safe little seaside town stays that way, by dutifully maintaining the beacon that shines above it. Read full article »
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11/11/2008 - Paper or Plastic: When the Bill Comes Due
11/07/2008 - Vote: The Best Investment
11/03/2008 - Tony
10/30/2008 - The Responsibility Project Index
10/28/2008 - Criminalizing Motherhood?: Who’s to Judge
10/22/2008 - National Service: Do You Have a Responsibility to Help?
10/15/2008 - Jail for Sagging Pants: Fashion Police?
10/08/2008 - Hearing the Call
10/06/2008 - ‘Too Good’ to Play Baseball? Game Over
10/02/2008 - Children and Chores: How Much?
9/29/2008 - Renting a Dog: Barking Up the Wrong Tree?
9/24/2008 - Hurricane Hold-Outs: Rising Tide?
9/23/2008 - Neighborhood Watch: Do You Really Know Who People Are?
9/19/2008 - Teachers With Guns: Don’t Mess With Texas?
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