Bad news

After reading the newspaper yesterday, Gretchen announced that she wasn't sure she should keep reading the Post's Metro section (which has local news) because it was too depressing. After reading it later that day, I may have to agree--it was chock full o' such inspiring news as:

--A woman was shot in the head at a bus stop in front of an elementary school, with children watching;

--While air quality is better than it used to be, it's still often not healthy to breathe during the summer;

--A woman accidentally ran over members of her family when she hit the accelerator instead of the brake;

--A doctor in the Navy is charged with secretly videotaping U.S. Naval Academy students having sex;

--The police are still trying to figure out how a police chase led to an accident in which 2 people were killed and 15 injured the other day on a busy local freeway;

--A former youth sports coach pleaded guilty to puchasing sadistic child pornography, which he watched on his 10-year-old son's computer; and

--Three pages worth of obituaries.

That's in addition to the usual variety of more mundane murders, assaults, criminal convictions, etc. And it really wasn't an atypical day. At times there's something to be said for blissful ignorance...