Nevada Writer

The Women’s Crusade – NYTimes.com

“The world is awakening to a powerful truth: Women and girls aren’t the problem; they’re the solution.”
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF and SHERYL WuDUNN
via The Women’s Crusade – NYTimes.com.

SU – WI: Judge jails mother over daughters refusal to visit father | NowPublic News Coverage

The mother in this case will be held indefinitely in jail because she does not force her daughter to visit her abusive father. Child Protective Services substantiated sexual abuse by the father against the girl and he has a long history of domestic violence. Fathers should and do have rights. Abusers should not.
“On November 12, [...]

a little pregnant: New rule: Don’t read comments, ever

“Every time someone declares that infertile people should accept their lot in life and adopt, they should be required by law to adopt a child themselves. To put their money where their mouth is. Shouldn’t be a problem, right? I hear it’s a piece of cake.
And every time someone says that infertile [...]

Behind the closed doors on C Street – Las Vegas Sun

Behind the closed doors on C Street – Las Vegas Sun.

We need to “unchoose” Ensign and the other wacko, amoral monsters who think rape victims are Jezebels and child rapists—if they are part of “The Family”—can be excused because they are bound for power and glory. This is the most perverse belief system short of [...]

Can you hear the flowers sing?

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Can you hear the flowers sing? Issues for gifted adults
Author(s): Deirdre V. Lovecky
Source: American Counseling Association May 1986 Issue 64, pp. 590-592
There has been comparatively little focus in the literature on the characteristics and social and emotional needs of gifted adults. Using observational data, the author [...]

Gifted friends; the gift of friends

Tessa is a musician. She described her newfound, but deeply important friendship with two other highly gifted girls as “Something like a D major chord. Each of us is a separate note, but when you put us together something beautiful and better happens.”
http://www.gt-cybersource.org/Record.aspx?NavID=2_0&rid=11341
Musings: Gifted children and the gift of friendship
Author(s): Miraca U.M. Gross
Source: [...]