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 Anti-choice PACs usually stay out of Democratic primaries when the candidates are all pro-choice. But a new group, focused on stopping Hillary Clinton, is breaking the mold and funding a telephone campaign ahead of Super Tuesday. WASHINGTON Life and Liberty PAC, a new anti-choice political action committee in Washington, D.C., has so far attacked Sen. Hillary Clinton in Iowa, New Hampshire, Michigan and South Carolina and is planning to continue doing so in other states before Feb. 5, when more than 20 states hold nominating contests. Altogether it plans to spend $500,000 in early primary states on phone calls warning voters that Clinton has been downplaying her support for abortion rights in her race against Illinois Sen. repair corrupt rar
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 This is one of my favorite articles. It’s by Tom Peters, the author of “In Search of Excellence,” and “Passion for Excellence.” Risk Taking: Let’s say you were playing poker and you thought you had a decent hand. In fact, you were willing to bet on it! Out of your five poker chips, you bet two. And guess what? Somebody has a better hand, and you lose your two chips! Now, you better be more careful next time, right? Did you know that many people are terrified of taking risks? Terrified to the point that they avoid trying new things? They avoid doing the very things that lead to real growth! Well, if all risk taking were like that poker game, you would do well to be cautious, and avoid risk.
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 In this Our Daily Lives, which is accompanied by a photo essay, Belva Elliott chronicles her experiences as a married victim of domestic violence who seeks safety and turns to welfare for assistance. "Now Available: The complete PDF of our Special Report: Moms Without a Net More Information When I met my husband over 20 years ago, I never imagined it would lead to a life of constant struggles. Now I am a single mother with five children, living in Staten Island"s city housing. Ten weeks ago I was forced to apply for welfare for the first time when I realized my child support had stopped. Though I"ve finally received cash benefits, we went over a month without income. My family is running out of the strength to continue fighting these battles, first with my husband and now with the city.
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 Army National Guard Private Katherine Jashinski completed a 47-day prison sentence last month for refusing to serve in Afghanistan. During her imprisonment she talked about winding up in the brig at age 23 and where she goes from here. SAN DIEGO Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, near San Diego, looks like a sleepy, 1970s-style college campus. But the station"s brig, a squat building far from the Marine fighter jets, looks more like a school in the tough part of town. Shortly before her release in July, Katherine Jashinski, a 23-year-old Army National Guard private, wearing full camouflage fatigues, smiled as she entered the prison"s gymnasium-like visiting room where about a dozen young people sat with their children and families in small circles of hard-back plastic chairs.
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