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Ann Bauer’s continuing series in Salon about her adult son’s autism, while not perhaps educational, is still valuable to read. I find myself drawn to it because her son’s troubles mirror a small but significant percentage of my own clients’ experiences, a decompensation that I find clinically fascinating and heart-wrenching to watch families go through. I would invite the individuals jumping on Mrs. Bauer’s latest piece’s l… Continue

A man whose botched suicide attempt caused the deaths of 11 commuter train passengers in 2005 was sentenced to 11 consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole in a Los Angeles court today. Judge William Pounders, of the California Superior Court of Los Angeles County, called Juan Alvarez "a remorseless killer." Alvarez, who initially parked an SUV on a Metrolink train trac… Continue

[Originally posted at Often Right, Rarely Correct.] California continues to remain at a budget impasse over a deficit of some $15 billion in program funding and expenditures. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is set to temporarily reduce the wages of 200,000 state employees to the federal minimum wage, as well as terminating some 22,000 retired annuities, temporary, and seasonal worke… Continue