drug addict

Two things were critical in my escape from homelessness: Methadone maintenance and college.

The Southern Beale thinks the Tennessee Republican Party may have opened a can of worms criticizing Michelle Obama:

I found this letter in Canada's Vancouver Sun paper this morning and thought I'd put it here to illustrate the ignorance that abounds in our world as it relates to those without homes. W.F.

"Macleran said she's known for helping people in need, but now she's also extremely leery of helping anyone again."

Just perfect.

The million dollar question: how to distinguish - on the spot and within about 15 seconds, mind you - the homeless person who simply needs a little help to extricate him/herself from the current situation,versus the mentally ill individual who needs medication and perhaps a controlled environment in order to keep him/her from harming themselves or others, versus the predator who stalks a street in every major city looking for a victim, versus the petty theft who looks for opportunities versu

There are some people who are born with handicaps and disadvantages and must struggle to overcome their disadvantages, but for most people they have to do really stupid things to stay poor. It is hard to stay poor in America. Having worked with poor people most of my life, I have observed some of the things that people do to achieve poverty. Here is a list. If you want to be poor, these are some of the things you can do.