And just a few other articles....

[conuly]

First things first, just about the only cheerful link you're going to get!

One article on modern childhood.

A graph showing the difference between the demographics of the US and of Congress.

And this post about what has to be one of the most outrageous rape cases I've ever heard of.

And finally, this article about a woman who withheld cancer treatment from her autistic child. Yes, Time, it *is* murder if you keep lifesaving medicine away from your kid - particularly one who cannot talk and who is too young to trust him to have much of a say in his course of treatment anyway. (Comments where I got this article indicate that she didn't even quit openly, she simply stopped giving him the medicine and lied about it.)

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[pne]

My first thought on the Congress diagram was, what if they *completely* reflected the country, but that's silly, of course - some attributes do affect fitness for office. (For example, level of education maybe; age, certainly, at least inasmuch as a five-year-old Senator most likely wouldn't be up to the job, even though there are five-year-old constituents.)

But what about other things such as blood groups, hair and eye colour, sexual orientation, marital status, or veteran status? (Or pregnancy status?)

[conuly]

(For example, level of education maybe; age, certainly, at least inasmuch as a five-year-old Senator most likely wouldn't be up to the job, even though there are five-year-old constituents.)

Yeah, but they don't vote. And that's why schools are underfunded.