MASSACHUSETTS TO TRY BAN ON SPANKING; TED KENNEDY TO WRITE AUTOBIOGRAPHY TO ILLUSTRATE WHY HE STILL NEEDS SPANKING



Parents in Massachusetts would be prohibited from forcefully laying a hand on any child under age 18 unless it was to save them from danger or risk being arrested for abuse of the child. In a related story Senator Kennedy has struck a deal to write his autobiography. Book will serve as an obvious example of what happens when children are not spanked often enough.