By MEGHAN DAUM By MEGHAN DAUM CHINA NEVER has been known for its stellar policies on little girls. But last week, its female trouble in Beijing was especially vexing.

By Meghan Daum Los Angeles Times In the past few weeks, a buzz has developed around a Web blog called the Daily Coyote. It features the comments and photographs of Shreve Stockton, a 30-year-old woman living in a one-room cabin in an undisclosed "town of 300 people" in Wyoming.

By MEGHAN DAUM By MEGHAN DAUM IN THE PAST few weeks, a buzz has developed around a Web blog called the Daily Coyote. It features the comments and photographs of Shreve Stockton, a 30-year-old woman living in a one-room cabin in an undisclosed "town of 300 people" in Wyoming.

By Meghan Daum Los Angeles Times For a world that's messed up, we sure have a lot of goodness being shoved in our faces.

By Meghan Daum Los Angeles Times In the last few weeks, the anxiety of high-school seniors awaiting news of their college fates seems to have spilled over into the general population. It's easy to see why.