The Homeless Woman and Her Mysterious Baby There's a homeless woman who occasionally hangs out in a shopping center. She pushes a shopping cart with one hand, and clutches her "baby" swaddled in a blanket with the other. Tonight she's dressed in a lightweight sweater, a skirt, and flip flops--oblivious to the 60 degree weather. She circles the parking lot, calm and content.  She doesn't

Edvard Munch, The Scream, 1895 oddsock via photopin cc You see them on the streets.  You hear them talking incessantly to themselves or shouting obscenities.  You wonder why they don't get treatment, and where are their families? According to the US Department of Housing and Urban Development and The Annual Homeless Assessment Report submitted to Congress, there are approximately