Article: LIBERAL LAUSD PREPARED FOR WORST.(Editorial)(Editorial)

Byline: Sylvia Alloway Local View

AS a semiconservative and frequent critic of the Los Angeles Unified School District, I never thought I'd hear myself say this, but hooray. Hooray for good old liberal, paranoid Los Angeles. In the wake of the latest incomprehensible school shooting spree, I am grateful that Los Angeles makes it more difficult for such things to happen here than do small-town schools.

You see, there is an element of these crimes that I have yet to hear mentioned. It has to do with a particular attitude toward boys especially prevalent in small towns. I was raised in this atmosphere. I saw abusive behavior excused time and again with a ...

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