The walruses’ plight • Panhandler drives a Fiat • Forged DEA Facebook page • Exceptional horoscopes update 2014-10-20 • Battered women, murdered childen

———— ♦ ———— Man’s name change dramatically improves job hunt ———— ♦ ———— Jamarion Lawhorn update Previous post: In playground murder, 12-year-old boy charged as an adult Next post: Jamarion Lawhorn update It has since become clear that (1) at the time of the murder, the suspect was suicidal, and (2) he had been subject to years of severe child abuse. Articles not included in the links below mention that, immediately before the murder, he had swallowed a handful of “pink pills

This is the second of three posts about entitlement: 04/19 – “Entitlement(s): Attitude and policy” Today – “How I became homeless” 05/03 – “When needs are met” This is a long post. One may want to avail oneself of a navigation resource here. ———— ♦ ———— I don’t write about easy things. At this writing, a more immediate question is how I’ve stayed homeless, which has prompted no small amount of anger and depression in recent weeks. The short answer appears to be that I’ve st

I normally only publish on Mondays (comments on the news), Wednesdays (recycling old posts) and Saturdays (substantial new pieces). A couple things happened this morning that seem to me urgent enough to warrant an off-schedule post. I’d invite e-mail subscribers to hold on to their e-mail copy of this post, and will explain why. Bookmarks: Give from abundance • Out on a limb ———— ♦ ———— Give from abundance A portion of today’s “Ask Amy” is directly on point with my reflect