Beth L Barnett
The Epidemic of the Unwanted
Why do the numbers of abused and neglected children continue to grow?
What happens to our little unwanted?
According to the child abuse hotline (1-800-4-a-child), over 5 million reports of child abuse are received in the United States each year,… Continue reading
Walk
Louie is standing by the door, ready for his morning walk. I look at the thermometer-22 degrees. Too cold, I tell him. He barks and stares at me, unblinking.
Okay. Okay. Reluctantly, I pull on my Lands End winter coat… Continue reading
Pinky says: On Museum Directors
The Nelson Atkins Museum in Kansas City has a new director, Julian Zugazagoitia. Julian has begun his tenure with great style and energy. He is the proverbial new broom introducing new ways of looking at art and thinking… Continue reading
More on Coal
Yesterday, The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency unveiled plans to curb carbon emissions from U.S. power and industrial plants. The guidelines for greenhouse emissions regulations for existing coal plants won’t take effect until July but Republicans are up in arms because… Continue reading
Kansas Coal Plant
About this time last year, we wondered whether legislation in the state of Kansas would pass permitting Sunflower Electric Power Corp. to build a new 2.8 billion dollar coal plant near Holcomb. It was essentially the same legislation that former… Continue reading
