Yeah, but rolling that crucifix-shaped die is tough. The Thomas More Association on West Monroe is selling a new $30 board game called Divinity, with 672 question cards based on the new Catechism of the Catholic Church.

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Good thing rent and food have gotten so much cheaper. Single women receiving Aid to Families With Dependent Children are better educated and have fewer children in 1992 than in 1976, reports the U.S. General Accounting Office in its May report, “Families on Welfare.” Nevertheless, they are significantly poorer: the average income of AFDC families in constant dollars dropped from $10,916 when Carter was elected president to $6,865 when Clinton was elected.

To know us is to love us. From Illinois School Board Journal (July-August): “The closer people are to their own schools–either by having children who go there, or by having neighbor’s children who go there–the better they like them. The farther away from the schools they happen to be, and the more dependent they are on the mass media for their information, the more negative they become. This surprises no one who has worked in schools, but it seemed to astonish members of the media.”

Art accompanying story in printed newspaper (not available in this archive): illustraton/Carl Kock.