Those who live in America, or visit it, might do best to regard them the way one regards air pollution in China: an endemic local health hazard which, for deep-rooted cultural, social, economic and political reasons, the country is incapable of addressing.
The archbishop of St. Paul and a deputy bishop resigned Monday after prosecutors there charged the archdiocese with having failed to protect children from unspeakable harm from a pedophile priest.
"All entrepreneurship is social entrepreneurship, just as all business helps provide a social good. The moment we come to accept that, the clearer our view will be of how entrepreneurship can help better our nation and our society," opines Ray Hennesey at Entrepreneur.
Minnesota is training teachers "around the state on the importance of so-called purposeful play — when teachers subtly guide children to learning goals through games, art and general fun," reports the New York Times.
The charges place responsibility for the abuse of those children not just on Wehmeyer "but the archdiocese as well," Ramsey County attorney John Choi told reporters as he announced the charges.