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Quick Takes
‘Sicilian Space Program’ launches pastry into stratosphere
“That’s one small step for dessert…” In a story that sounds so much like a report from “The Onion,” that…
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Law and Government
MA Supreme Court rules it’s OK to take photos up a woman’s skirt
Bay State voyeurs, rejoice! The Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) of Massachusetts said on Wednesday that you have their blessings to…
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Unyielding
Kleenex alert: Heart-rending video of an 8-year-old’s gift to a soldier
When 8-year-old Myles Eckert arrived with his family at a Cracker Barrel restaurant in Toledo, he was excited. He had…
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Unyielding
Surprising admin 180: Home-schooling German family permitted to stay in U.S.
The news today is good for a family that emigrated from Germany to the United States in 2008 to escape religious…
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Unyielding
Meet the left’s new ‘protected class’ — convicted criminals
Liberals are like the 6-year-old who walks into the family kitchen carrying a dead rat and announces his plans to…
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Unyielding
10-year-old suspended for bringing ‘level 2 lookalike firearm’ to school [UPDATE]
Sounds pretty serious! It wasn’t just any old “lookalike firearm” that got Nathan Entingh, a fifth-grader at Devonshire Alternative Elementary School…
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Foreign Affairs
MSNBC livid that actor Jared Leto spoke about Ukraine, not ‘trans’ people, in Oscar speech
Full confession: During the first hour and change of last night’s Academy Awards, I watched the New York Rangers lose…
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Unyielding
Teacher records herself, principal bullying autistic child while class laughs
Need evidence to support the argument that tenure for schoolteachers should be abolished? Then try this: A Michigan fifth-grade teacher who…
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Religion
Muslim barber refuses to cut hair of lesbian: Whose rights trump whose?
Being a believer in all -isms can get hairy at times. Take as an illustration a case reported in the Toronto Sun by…
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Unyielding
Spike Lee gets schooled by relatives, black op-ed writer over dopey rant
Every now and then, we get an all-too-brief glimmer of what life would like in a truly post-racial America. Director Spike…
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Quick Takes
Does your first name predict how you vote?
I just discovered that there are 213,121 registered voters named Howard. Far more importantly, I learned that Howards lean left, if…
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Unyielding
Video: Watch a third grader struggle to solve a math problem using a Common Core plug-in
Imagine yourself back in the third grade. Your arithmetic teacher assigns you the following problem. Betty bought 1,568 stickers. For…
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Unyielding
Federal court sides with school that banned wearing of U.S. flag shirts on Cinco de Mayo
Round 2 in a battle that could go as far as the U.S. Supreme Court was decided Thursday in favor…
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Quick Takes
‘Homeless Jesus’ sculpture ruffling features
Once again, the worlds of art and religion collide. From Yahoo News: Outside St. Alban’s Episcopal Church in Davidson, North…
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Social Issues
Spike Lee’s foul-mouthed, myopic rant on gentrification
Look closely at any major city in the country, and you can read into it the effects of urban change.…
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Quick Takes
Does NFL plan to ban f-word next?
No, not that f-word — the one my brother once referred as the “granddaddy of all swear words.” It’s the other…
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Media
Bus driver whose life saved by Bible latest victim of knockout game
Some will take it is a sign that God was watching. A municipal bus driver in Dayton, Ohio, who was…
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Quick Takes
‘Thank you, Mr. Garbage Man: May God bless you’
Think of it as a variation of the conundrum about a tree falling the forest. If a person performs an…
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Law and Government
‘Horny’ woman arrested after soliciting sex from cop who responded to her 911 call
Did you know that in the state of Florida, 911 is also known as the “Stud Hotline”? It isn’t, but…
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Law and Government
Amtrak writers residency program: Authors travel free, taxpayers foot the bill
There’s no free lunch — at least not any more. There was a free lunch of sorts last December when…
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Quick Takes
Harold Ramis dead at 69
“Who you gonna call?” That iconic question and its equally iconic answer — “Ghostbusters” — were calling cards for that film’s costar…
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Quick Takes
Alec Baldwin says he’s leaving ‘public life’ (sort of?)
Oh, no, say it ain’t so … said no one. Alec Baldwin says he’s done with public life. But he said the…
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Education
CA teacher suspended after forcing 10-year-old to eat lunch from trash
Her excuse may be that she adheres to the five-second rule. Or maybe she is a firm believer in the importance…
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Education
Read the barely literate letters from students of NYC high school that ‘taught’ them remotely
Manhattan’s Murry Bergtraum High School for Business Careers certainly thought it had the last laugh on its critics. The school,…
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Law and Government
Video: Female homeowner shoots, kills armed robber
This time it’s for keeps. LU’s Around the Web feature carries a headline about a mother at home with her…
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Social Issues
NFL to assess 15-yard penalty for use on field of n-word: The implications
The headline at ESPN reads “NFL to penalize use of racial slur,” which is slightly misleading since the National Football League appears to…
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Foreign Affairs
Video: Watch Ukrainians tear down statues of Lenin
Throughout modern history, we have been treated to glimpses of oppressed peoples asserting their God-given right to live free. One…
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Social Issues
Billboard offends gay community, but is it really controversial?
Welcome to Round 100,000 of a sparring match that is destined to end never. In this corner is Daniel Mingo,…
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Education
Two elementary school students ARRESTED for bringing toy gun to school
Suspension from school? Expulsion? Meh, chickenfeed. Kids who bring toy guns to school need is a stronger deterrent. They need to…
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Economy
WH adds new misleading term to political debate on income inequality
It used to be that Barack Obama and his band of merry men were waging war against the haves in…
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