High School Senior Suspended for Year After Hugging Teacher
A high school senior won’t graduate on time after being suspended for one year for hugging a teacher.
Entries by kathleen
Atheist Dies, Meets Jesus, Returns to Life (+video)
In 1982, Ian McCormack, a self-described atheist, was an adventurous 26-year-old. He was diving for lobster on the island of Mauritius (in the southwest Indian Ocean) one evening and was stung by five box jellyfish – one of the most venomous creatures in the world. Its poison can kill a person in four minutes.
Pope Tells America: Time to Reject Abortion and Accept Life at Every Stage
The same day that he was chosen as TIME magazine’s Person of the Year – Pope Francis exhorted North and South America to “accept human life at every stage, from the mother’s womb to old age.”
Dr. Oz Sounds Alarm on Dangers of Processed Chicken from China
Dr. Oz said there are serious public-health risks associated with processed chicken from China and said we should take action now to stop these products from coming to the United States.
Vet Brutally Murdered Trying to Buy a Christmas Present on Craigslist
I must admit that this story hit me pretty hard this morning. It’s not often that I get upset – I mean it seems like every day we’re bombarded with stories of violence, crime and debauchery, so it takes a lot these days to upset me.
Common Core Assignment: Think Like a Nazi and Explain Why Jews Are Evil (+video)
Students in some Albany High School English classes were asked this week as part of a persuasive writing assignment to make an abhorrent argument: “You must argue that Jews are evil, and use solid rationale from government propaganda to convince me of your loyalty to the Third Reich!”
Federal Appeals Court Rules Transsexual’s Firing was Not Discrimination
A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court’s decision dismissing a lawsuit filed by a male-to-female transsexual who claimed his firing was discriminatory.
The Priest Who Faced Down the Federal Government—and Won
The Rev. Ray Leonard knew not to wear the clerical collar identifying him as a Roman Catholic priest. It almost certainly would have gotten him deported.
Xbox Live Among Game Services Targeted by US and UK Spy Agencies
To the National Security Agency analyst writing a briefing to his superiors, the situation was clear: their current surveillance efforts were lacking something. The agency’s impressive arsenal of cable taps and sophisticated hacking attacks was not enough. What it really needed was a horde of undercover Orcs.
Rand Paul Wary of 2016 Run’s Impact on Family
Sen. Rand Paul (R., Ky.) said Sunday he was seriously considering a run for the presidency in 2016, but acknowledged potential opposition from his wife was a complicating factor.