I just read about one of those tragedies that should have been very, very preventable if only this country worked harder on providing coverage for the poor. A young man in Maryland died due to a brain infection that was the result of a tooth abscess.
Health coverage in the United States for the poor is [...]
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It seems an absurd idea to me, but a school in Concord, CA has done just that. They decided that students needed some motivation to boost test scores, and split them up by race to do so.
The whole thing just reeked of stereotypes, if the description of the article is even remotely accurate. Jazz music [...]
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It’s been sad watching how the International Space Station has been whittled down since it’s inception. Budget cuts have severely limited its utility. Even John Glenn feels the station deserves more.
I can’t help but agree. The International Space Station currently may not be so much as used after 2016. Just watching the goals for the [...]
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I want to make one thing clear first. I love this country. But I am at a point where I really loathe what politics is doing to it.
Let’s consider the candidates for the next Presidential election and how campaigns are likely to be run. Smears all over the place. Minor faults and old mistakes made [...]
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Reading over at Gun Toting Liberal about Alabama working on banning sex toys. Being in California it seems silly to do such a thing. They’re for private use in the home. I know the rant about protecting the public morality, but I don’t agree that banning sex toys would do such a thing.
Let’s face it. [...]
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Have the politicians in Texas gone crazy or something? I posted the other day about the governor signing an executive order about Gardasil, but it turns out he’s not the only Texas politician who wants to overcontrol what parents do. I missed the story about another one who wants to make parents missing teacher conferences [...]
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