From California comes an amazing profile in pettiness. A school superintendent threatened action against members of a softball team and their parent over not clapping loudly enough for her own daughter. ...

• “Phelps accused Doe and her friends on the softball team of not clapping loud enough when her daughter received the most valuable player award…the lawsuit says Phelps ordered school personnel to investigate the incident as a case of bullying.”
• “One of the softball coaches said he was concerned about being fired. ‘The other coach who stood up to this has been fired. and so I’m in the same predicament.'”