Commentator Frederic Reamer reflects on his nearly nine years of service on the Rhode Island Parole Board. He says he's struck by the number of cases that involve drug or alcohol, and how many cases might have been avoided by early treatment and counseling of the offender's substance abuse problem. Most of the kids eventually move on. But Wasserman takes pride in this sector of the town's economy when she sees the children grow up, and gets to attend their weddings.
Critics say the series promotes the occult.
Skenazy finds grounds to ban Little Women, Winnie and Pooh, and Goodnight Moon for a variety of trumped-up reasons, tongue planted in cheek. The ruling doesn't describe a mechanism whereby Scouts can tell whose gay or not. Commentator Carol Wasserman says this year, she's being very strategic about where she plants her flowers. Wasserman is a writer in Massachusetts. Commentator Bill Harley hired a house painter so he can get his own work done.