Guns Make Killing EasyI am sitting here, in my only orange shirt, in observation of National Gun Violence Awareness Day, and my thoughts turn to the New York Times’ remarkable recent study of 358 shootings last year in which four or more people were killed or wounded. As the Times noted, these were not the high-profile mass shootings in unlikely places like schools, churches and movie theatres that capture national attention, but rather “a... [...]
French Legislation Suggests Employees Deserve The Right To DisconnectChecking your work email on a weekend or a holiday? As part of planned labor reforms, new legislation in France would encourage companies to create policies to help their employees disconnect from the office.Buried inside a hotly contested French labor reform bill is an amendment suggesting that companies of 50 or more employees draft formal policies to limit the spillover of... [...]
Preventing Child Abuse Fatalities: Support the Life-Saving Work of Child Protective ServicesNot a day goes by the media doesn’t cover a case of a child who was horribly abused or neglected. It’s estimated that between 1,500 and 3,000 children in the U.S. will die this year at the hands of those who were supposed to protect them. So vulnerable, the majority are under the age of four, they die from abuse due to beatings, they die from neglect,... [...]
Man arrested after barricading himself inside apartment with woman in Pompano BeachPOMPANO BEACH, Fla. - The Broward Sheriff's Office called in its SWAT unit Thursday morning after a man barricaded himself inside an apartment in Pompano Beach, authorities said.Deputies said the man forced a woman inside the apartment just before 11 a.m. at 2731 NW First St.Deputies said he was possibly armed with a knife and was not responding to authorities at... [...]
How to Get Divorced Without Going BrokeLet’s face it. Divorce is expensive.Not only do you have to pay court costs and legal fees, but you are also likely to be racking up therapy bills for yourself, and quite possibly, your kids. Add that to the cost of establishing a second household, plus all of the hidden costs of divorce (moving, selling your home, taxes, separate health insurance etc.) and it’s not hard to understand why so many people... [...]
