It is noteworthy that the stalled Foreign Surveillance Intelligence Act (FISA) renewal effort became a huge controversy, prominently headlined during this past week, as the Northern Illinois University shootings wreaked indescribable horror and tragedy on yet another progressive and enlightened college campus. Both situations are symptomatic of a twisted modern culture, based on the...
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istockphoto/Mike Elliot Those who stand up to protect marriage as the union of one woman and one man are sometimes slower to oppose civil unions. Isn’t the support of civil unions for same-sex couples just a comfortable, compromise? No. Civil unions are a slippery slope to same-sex marriage. Yesterday’s report from the New Jersey...
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Dutch financial institute ING Group reported today in its quarterly results an impairment charge of 194 million euros (approximately $285.6 million). However, as a result of an ABN AMRO stake sale, the net profit went up by 18 percent to 2.48 billion euros. The impairment charge is a result of risky investments, including RBMS...
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"Q. I love my boyfriend and have never been happier, but he has no ambition. While it's not a problem now because we are young and I am still in college, I am afraid it will be one day down the line. He has absolutely no dreams other than to live life. But he...
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Author’s note: This was first published several years ago. Golf is one of the most popular outdoor sports in the world. In the United States, there are more than 18 million golfers who spend some $600 million each year on equipment for this much-loved sport. Atlanta boasts more than 100 golf courses. Several Atlanta...
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Have you heard this one lately? “Don’t shove your religion down my throat!” In this hypersensitive age, who hasn’t? All too frequently, such denunciations come in response to the free exercise of religious speech in a public place or public forum or, even more often than we suppose, in protest to like speech in...
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After three grillings by Congress, including humiliation by Senators Kennedy and Durbin, U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey refused to label waterboarding as torture, meaning it may not be strictly illegal, and could possibly be used by U.S. operatives. The Uninvited Ombudsman had said the technique, which involves getting a suspect safely but scarily wet...
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The lamestream media told you: The New York Times reported that returning vets have committed or are charged with 121 murders in the U.S. since the Iraq and Afghanistan campaigns began. Part of an ongoing campaign to educate the public, the story ran on the front page on a Sunday, above the fold. The...
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The lamestream media told you: “Would you pay an extra 66 cents a day — on top of soaring gas prices — if it meant less rush hour traffic, better public transit and fewer people dying on the highways?” writes Hope Yen in a lead sentence for the AP. A special commission “is presenting...
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Brown University biologist Kenneth Miller says the best way to communicate evolution in a religious America is to acknowledge that there is indeed a “design†in living things. Miller says scientists should embrace the concept of “design†in a way that supports evolutionary theory. Miller made his provocative argument at a Feb. 17, 2008,...
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Background: I've covered the Clara Harris "Murder by Mercedes" case extensively, both in the Houston Chronicle, on the radio, and in this blog. As I've previously noted, Clara Harris repeatedly ran over David Harris as David's daughter sat in the front seat, begging Clara not to kill her father.
To learn more about the case,...
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Space Shuttle Atlantis has landed on runway 15 of the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility, completing the STS-122 mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Landing occurred at the earliest opportunity today, with Atlantis touching down at 14:07:10 GMT (09:07:10 local time), following a de-orbit burn at 13:00 GMT, and entry interface at...
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The battle between the two high definition optical disc formats, Blu-ray and HD DVD has ended after sole HD DVD manufacturer Toshiba has announced it will no longer produce HD DVD players. In a press conference yesterday, Toshiba president Atsutoshi Nishida announced and confirmed that Toshiba will terminate the R&D plan on HD-DVD products....
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A Revolutionary War Colonel, he built the fortifications at Breed’s Hill and commanded the militia at the Battle of Bunker Hill in 1775. He fought in the Battle of Long Island in 1776 and the Battle of Saratoga in 1777. His name was William Prescott, born FEBRUARY 20, 1726. After the Boston Tea Party,...
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Background: The historic, one-of-a-kind conference "From Ideology to Inclusion: Evidence-Based Policy and Intervention in Domestic Violence" was held in Sacramento, California February 15-16 and was a major success. The conference was sponsored by the California Alliance for Families and Children and featured leading domestic violence authorities from around the world.
Many of these researchers...
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Who is actually responsible for overt female sexualization. I asked myself this question after a week in which adult women were reported to be engaged in what some in society would label “improper” or “lewd” behavior. First, the Sacramento King cheerleaders have brought attention upon themselves after provocative photos of the women surfaced on...
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If there was ever an election cycle in which the issues (at this juncture, really weighty ones) took a back seat to pomp and circumstance – or, if you prefer, hype and flatulence – this one is definitely it. With the exception of half a handful of worthwhile individuals who were destined to be...
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The Department of Homeland Security began operations in March 2003 with missions that include preventing terrorist attacks from occurring within the United States, reducing U.S. vulnerability to terrorism, minimizing damages from attacks that occur, and helping the nation recover from any attacks. The Government Accountability Office has reported that the implementation and transformation of...
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I Want Success… And Exploit Myself
Who is actually responsible for overt female sexualization. I asked myself this question after a week in which adult women were reported to be engaged in what some in society would label “improper” or “lewd” behavior. First, the Sacramento King cheerleaders have brought attention upon themselves after provocative photos of the women surfaced on...
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