Mom survey says: Three is the most stressful number of kids - TODAY.com

Mom survey says: Three is the most stressful number of kids - TODAY.com: “There’s just not enough space in your head” for perfectionism when you get to four or more kids, Taylor said. For example, she recalls with her fourth child she didn’t bother with things like obsessively covering all the outlets with safety plugs.

Smoking Stupidity | Cato Institute

Smoking Stupidity | Cato Institute: "The research evidence about adolescent smoking is full of powerful explanations for why some kids smoke and others do not. None relate to the legal age for buying cigarettes."

Works of art that will mark hurricane evacuation points arriving in New Orleans | Fox News

Works of art that will mark hurricane evacuation points arriving in New Orleans | Fox News: "More than a dozen sculptures that will be used to call attention to evacuation points around New Orleans are arriving in the city."

That sounds like a good way to help people remember those locations.

Passing resolutions in a political party

Currently political party resolutions only require greater than 50% support to pass, so some resolutions may have many people who oppose them. How can political parties expect our elected officials to follow all of the party resolutions when many party members might oppose each of the resolutions and support for all resolutions could technically be much less than 50%?

Should resolutions require a super-majority in order to pass?

Illegal Immigrration solutions

The two major solutions to illegal immigrations (amnesty and securing borders) both seem to be band-aids that don't address the causes of the problem. I think the fact that legal immigration is so hard is a huge factor in illegal immigration.

There is a plaque on the Statue of Liberty that says "Give me your tired, your poor/Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free" and before 1921 we didn't restrict the number of people who could immigrate but now we have an arbitrary limit per area.

We should first ensure that there are minimal hurdles to legal immigration. That will greatly reduce illegal immigration and allow us to focus our border security efforts on the real bad people. It will also give a great incentive to current illegal immigrants to go back and come through the legal path.

Tim Carney on the Real Lessons of Boston - Campaign for Liberty

Tim Carney on the Real Lessons of Boston - Campaign for Liberty: "the “what are you hiding?” question should be thrown at the government instead. Why would you want to avoid asking the public or a business for video, or asking a judge for a warrant, unless you were seeking information for improper purposes?"

Proposed SC budget says Gov. Nikki Haley and staff can't buy junk food with public money | Fox News

Proposed SC budget says Gov. Nikki Haley and staff can't buy junk food with public money | Fox News: "State senators inserted a clause in the 2013-14 budget plan that would bar Gov. Nikki Haley's office and the Governor's Mansion from buying junk food with public money, whether for employee treats or entertaining. The move was a response to state efforts to fight obesity by limiting what people can buy with money from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance, known more commonly as food stamps."

Zac Wallerius, who has Down Syndrome, hailed as Cornell's Prom King

Zac Wallerius, who has Down Syndrome, hailed as Cornell's Prom King: "“It’s not about a class of students nominating someone with a disability,” Cornell Junior/High School Principal Dave Elliot said. “It’s about nominating someone they care about who happens to have a disability.”"

I’m still here: back online after a year without the internet | The Verge

I’m still here: back online after a year without the internet | The Verge: "What I do know is that I can't blame the internet, or any circumstance, for my problems. I have many of the same priorities I had before I left the internet: family, friends, work, learning. And I have no guarantee I'll stick with them when I get back on the internet — I probably won't, to be honest. But at least I'll know that it's not the internet's fault. I'll know who's responsible, and who can fix it."

Schoolgirl tries science experiment, arrested for felony | Technically Incorrect - CNET News

Schoolgirl tries science experiment, arrested for felony | Technically Incorrect - CNET News: "This student at Bartow High School in Florida allegedly thought she'd put a couple of household chemicals in an 8-ounce water bottle, just to see the reaction.
The reaction was that she was expelled and marched off in handcuffs, accused of felony possession/discharge of a dangerous weapon."

"Ron Pritchard, explained that she was notorious -- for being a very nice person.
Pritchard said: "She is a good kid. She has never been in trouble before. Ever."
You might imagine, then, that this explosion caused vast damage to school buildings, which had to be evacuated.
Not quite. The top of the bottle popped off and there was some smoke. No one was hurt."

"One of the most important parts of a science education lies in the need to experiment. It's only curious minds that make the world progress.
One of the most important parts of a general education is the teaching of judgment.
Who exercised the worse judgment here? Kiera Wilmot or the Polk County Schools District and the local police?"