Reality at Wesleyan?

[johnwesley]

<p>Coincidentally, Middletown got a mention in Barbara Ehrenrech’s Op-Ed column, “Is It a Crime to be Poor?” last Sunday:

The viciousness of the official animus toward the indigent can be breathtaking. A few years ago, a group called Food Not Bombs started handing out free vegan food to hungry people in public parks around the nation. A number of cities, led by Las Vegas, passed ordinances forbidding the sharing of food with the indigent in public places, and several members of the group were arrested. A federal judge just overturned the anti-sharing law in Orlando, Fla., but the city is appealing. And now Middletown, Conn., is cracking down on food sharing.

<a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/09/opinion/09ehrenreich.html?_r=1&ref=opinion[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/09/opinion/09ehrenreich.html?_r=1&ref=opinion&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>[thanks, to Wesleying’s shoutbox for the tip]</p>