Arresting children. A 10 year old girl was arrested, handcuffed, and taken to police headquarters because she had scissors in her bag. The police said that she hadn't done anything and let her go.

A 5 year old boy was handcuffed, put in a police car and driven around the block in order to calm his unruly behavior.

Outlawing every vestage of Christmas. A Texas public school district is being sued for being hostile to religion, particularly Christmas. Among other complaints:

-- Traditional Christmas colors -- such as green and red -- were banned from this year's holiday party. The party, according to Shackelford, is called a "winter party."

"They asked [parents] to bring white napkins, white paper plates and white icing," he said. "… Then they said, 'All other items shouldn't be brought because it would violate the school policy against distribution of things without school approval."

Do I have to say how stupid all of this is? School policies are runing amok.