Family Photo Not Allowed
An employee at Lotus software company, Cambridge, has been ordered to remove a family photograph next to his computer monitor. Such photographs are considered offensive to homosexuals. The pictures are discriminatory and must be removed.

Judges Are Stressed
The lawyer for the Needham father who killed himself, after serving sixty days in jail for mistakenly calling his daughter on Monday instead of Sunday, believes the judges of the Probate Courts are "out of their minds" from stress.
"I’m horrified at his death," said attorney Jerome Aaron, a few days after his client, Steven Cook, took his life. "His going to jail for calling his daughter on the wrong day of the week is outrageous."
He said, "Anyone looking at the record of this case objectively would see right away that the wife, or at least her attorney, Michael Cohen, was out for blood. I am not at liberty to say she wanted him dead and now he is dead. But she was in control of the house, all the possessions, the children. The process was unrelenting."
As to the problems of judges, Aaron believes, "Think about it: judges hear thirty motions a day. Any judge who is trying to do a good job is taking work home. They are working until midnight and every weekend.  I think they are demoralized. I think they are just out of their minds from overwork. What I would love to see at the first hearing is the judge look at both parties, look them right in the eye, and say, ‘If you play games in this case, any of you, including the attorneys, you are in trouble.’  But they don’t do that."

Ultrasound Machine In Worcester
An ultrasound machine is being installed in another crisis pregnancy center, this time in Worcester. The first machine in the state was at "A Woman’s Concern," Boston, where it was discovered that when a pregnant woman sees a picture of her child and realizes it is alive and kicking, she usually does not wish to abort. When Problem Pregnancy, Worcester, saw the potential of ultrasound equipment, they decided that the women of central Massachusetts should also have its benefits. They are consulting with physicians and taking donations for a machine which they plan to install at the end of the summer. Tel: 508-856-0700.

Immerse Children In English, Says Boston Professor
A Boston University professor is receiving kudos for a report which shows that foreign students may be better off in a one-year English immersion program than in an extended bilingual education program. The study was done by Dr. Christine H. Rossell and may be found at www.read-institute.org.

New President at MFI
The new President and CEO of Massachusetts Family Institute, Dr. Ronald A. Crews, was a state rep for three terms in Georgia, a pastor and a Lt. Colonel Chaplain in the 82d Airborne Division where he jumped with the troops. He and his wife have four children from 14 to 24 years old.

Illegal to Require Ritalin
Although Massachusetts schools are requiring children to take Ritalin and parents are  threatened by DSS if they do not cooperate, this is against federal law, according to what Rhode Island is warning its schools. A representative in that state, Aisha Abdullah-Odiase, introduced legislation which would forbid a school from requiring a student to be placed on Ritalin or any other drug. But the state’s Department of Education said it was unnecessary in that this is already forbidden under federal law.
The Department has sent a letter to all schools informing them that this is outlawed under the federal Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act. It said, "School personnel cannot require, suggest or imply that a student take medication as a condition of attending school."

Wall St. Journal Cites Prof. Rounds
The Wall Street Journal cited Prof. Charles Rounds, Suffolk Law School, and his Cato paper about privatizing Social Security last month in an article by the editor, Robert Bartley. He wrote, "Social Security participants would no longer be beholden to the whim of politicians (or at least much less so). This feature is likely to prove so popular that the initial 2% privatization would surely grow, moving citizens more and more out of the grip of politicians. Which is precisely why the risky scheme is opposed by paternalistic liberal politicians and their intellectual apologists."

Atty. Steven Wise Is Lampooned
Although Atty. Steven Wise, well-known Boston talk show host, has written a book about animal rights, he is out in left field, according to one lawyer. Although we have laws protecting animals, Wise wants lawyers and judges to create the rights of animals and treat them as incompetent humans. But Attorney Roger Banks says, "How are you supposed to be retained by a baboon? Isn’t this really just kind of a gimmick for people [lawyers] to do what people [lawyers] want to do?"
Banks says this would be "a constitutional right for lawyers to sue on behalf of animals and to defend animals who may be sued by other animals."

Okay to Kill Mice?
"One of the most frightening infectious diseases to emerge in the last decade" has been traced to mice, according to the Boston Globe which related how a man in Vermont almost died. Should we call Atty. Steven Wise and have him represent the mice?

‘Canada Blazes Trail on Day Care’
When a newspaper prints a major story on its front page with the headline that appears above, guess how the newspaper feels about putting children in day care and sending mothers to work "where they belong." The Boston Globe did that last month. Some people can remember back to 1950 when the tax burden on a typical family from all levels of government was about 5% of income and the mothers didn’t have to work. By 1997, that had jumped to about 40% and the mothers are working just to pay taxes (which might pay for some of their day care).
Oh. We’re sorry, we completely forgot that tax cuts are "just for the rich."

‘Sex Ed’ for Eileen McNamara
Eileen McNamara, columnist at the Globe, wonders "can we agree" that it is "wrong" where a nine-year-old boy attacks a little girl and "mounts her and makes ‘humping’ motions." Well, golly-gee, Eileen, we don’t know where you grew up but we never heard of such a thing until ultrafeminists like you started running the world. You insist on giving sex ed to students as soon as they enter school even though psychologists tell us that boys and girls have a latency period until they reach puberty. Those children want to run and skip and giggle, not talk about sex. But if you break that latency period and start giving them sex ed, then all types of strange things will happen. But you’re right, Eileen, instead of stopping sex ed, we can just have the U.S. Department of Education write more "Guidelines" and we can assign more police to the elementary schools.
Hasn’t Eileen heard that this boy is in training to become the next liberal President of the United States? Why doesn’t she ask us if it’s "wrong" for the President to attack women in the Oval Office, without their approval either? This boy is just following White House policy. Are you a prude, Eileen??

FDA ‘Blasts’ Editor of New England Journal of Medicine
The Food and Drug Administration has "blasted" the new editor of The New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. Jeffrey Drazen, for collaborating with a drug company, according to the Boston Globe. The FDA says he overstated the safety of a new asthma drug which was sold by a company for which Drazen was a consultant while a professor at Harvard Medical School.

Young Logan Mother Should Have Gone to Abortionist
A young mother abandoned her newborn baby in a toilet at Logan Airport and is in serious trouble. If she had merely gone to an abortionist a few days previously and he had killed the baby, she would have merely been exercising her right of "choice." A little difficult to follow, isn’t it?

Cheryl Jacques Cites Suicide
When Cheryl Jacques made it official that she practices unusual sexual acts such as were taught to high school students at Fistgate, she once again raised the specter of the suicide of homosexuals, even though no one can point to such suicides in Massachusetts. The lead story in her hometown newspaper gushed: "It wasn’t until State Sen. Cheryl Jacques came face to face with statistics on gay teen suicide that she decided to go public with her own sexuality." Those statistics are from surveys completed by high school students where teenagers knew what their teachers want them to say.

Although some may think it is unfair to talk about Jacques’ sexual practices, it is undeniable that she has loudly approved everything that was taught at Fistgate.

Kennedy Raises $304,500 in Soft Money
Sen. Ted Kennedy has raised $304,500 in soft money, according to the Boston Herald. He received $75,000 from a trial lawyer in Alabama, $25,000 from the owner of the Baltimore Orioles, and $5,000 from Boston financier Thomas H. Lee. He was given $15,000 in soft money from ten different unions.

Revenue Dept. Praises Father
The Department of Revenue celebrated "responsible fatherhood" at the Statehouse last month by honoring some fathers who make their payments on time. But the Fatherhood Coalition held its own rally to ask, "How can a government agency, that puts fathers in jail and drives them to suicide, be an authority on fatherhood?" They pointed out a study which shows that an average divorced mother’s standard of living in the state rises 25% while the average father’s falls 20%, according to research by Prof. Sanford Braver, a specialist in post-divorce research.

Renee Loth: ‘Korean War Not In Vain’
The new Editorial Page Editor of the Boston Globe, Renee Loth, has instructed us that the 50,000 American boys who died in Korea did not die "in vain." She apparently must have inside information that the only way Harry Truman could have kept North Korea at bay was by killing, death and sorrow. If President Eisenhower or Nixon had led us into that violent quagmire, she would think differently. Maybe she has a good source for her information at her old employer, the Boston Phoenix. And we thought the Globe was for "peace."

‘Well-Heeled’ Lawyers Promoting ‘Poverty Lawyers’
We know about the Boston Globe internal memos which complain that they don’t have good reporters, but can’t they ever get a story right? A recent story by Ralph Ranalli starts, "The sight of well-heeled lawyers buttonholing legislators on Beacon Hill is nothing new. The difference this time is that they’re lobbying for clients who can’t pay them." Let’s not argue whether the lawyers are right or wrong. The point is that this is not new. These "well-heeled" lawyers have been proselytizing for the "poverty lawyers" for years. Ralph, just read our story this month.

Boston YMCA Promotes Bestiality
The YMCA on Clarendon Street had a play last month which featured onstage sex, including group bestiality among two lesbians, a cat and a six-teated sow. The Globe reviewer, who enjoyed the show, said the sex was "simulated, I assume."

Elian Agents Recount Raid
The Boston Globe missed the point again on the Elian story when it printed an expose on page 3 about agents in the raid telling how they never purposely pointed a weapon at Elian. But nobody questions these people. They were merely doing their job and doing what they were ordered to do. It is the people who issued those orders who will be accountable some day.