Child abuse

Child abuse

Spare the Rod

From an October 14 ruling of the Supreme Court of British Columbia, in Regina v. D.J.W. The accused, whose identity was concealed to protect his son, was found guilty of…

The wearin’ of the mean

by Harper’s Staff,

Bad boy

by Lee Martin,

Torch Song

by Charles Bowden,

At the peripheries of violence and desire

Performance Art’s New Standard

by Greil Marcus,

Florida Discipline: Beat, Don’t Maim

by Harper’s Staff,

From a bill passed in April by the Florida legislature that gives parents the legal right to use corporal punishment to discipline their children. Although 143 of the 160 legislators…