Monday: Today I found interest in the story about the violence in Tucson regarding the Mexican drug cartels and the violence that is springing up in that area. I was amazed at the statistics that were given regarding the amount of home invasions the area had suffered and was more amazed that most of them were related to the drug cartels.
Tuesday: The story about the girl forced strip at her school when she was 13 caught my eye today. I was appalled at the things she was forced to do all because they thought she had prescription pills on her. I am a fan of the zero-tolerance policy but I firmly believe that this oversteps the boundaries set by those rules. It's one thing for a police officer to strip search someone who may have drugs on them, but a 13 year old girl in her own school is crossing the line.
Wednesday: The story about the possibility of a foreign crisis coming out of Mexico was the story I picked for today. The war on terrorism is hard enough to deal with, and it scares me to think what it would be like if it was from a country right next to us. I am saddened by the state Mexico is currently in, dealing with drug trafficking and such. I found this an interesting followup the story from Monday. I hope things can be smoothed over before the crisis becomes out of hand.
Thursday: Finishing out the week I picked the story on the postal service possibly going broke without help. I discussed this in my conference and the idea of the postal service having to cut back on when they operate is frightening to me. However, I understand how that's possible because the act of sending a letter is outdated compared to sending an email. But for those who need to send packages, this is an alarming bit of information.
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