What Would A Modern Moderate Political Movement Look Like?

Two of the more vocal political movements to arise over the last several years are the TEA (Taxed Enough Already) Party and the OWS (Occupy Wall Street) movement. While I find myself agreeing with some arguments coming out of both camps, as a whole neither group truly resonates w …

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Lesbian Scout leader ousted in Ohio | The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram

The Boy Scouts of America, whose oath calls for members to be "morally straight," maintains that as a private organization it has the right to exclude gays and atheists from its ranks. That stance was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2000 but has led many state and local go …

Teacher Fired After Receiving Fertility Treatments - Yahoo! News

A Catholic school teacher in Indiana is suing a diocese there, claiming that she was unlawfully terminated after school officials learned she was undergoing fertility treatments to become pregnant. In a federal lawsuit filed in a Fort Wayne, Ind., teacher&n …

I wouldn't be surprised if...

There are all sorts of logical fallacies, and on internet sites with user content like newsvine chance are you will see quite a few and may even be guilty of employing them from time to time, as I know I am. One logical fallacy that sometimes gets forgotten amid its more frequent …

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Is Free Will an Illusion? Scientists, Philosophers Forced to Differ - Yahoo! News

A hot topic for several thousand years, the question of whether free will exists may never be settled to everyone's satisfaction. But in a series of new articles for the Chronicles of Higher Education, six academics from diverse fields offer fresh perspectives from the sta …

Kirk Cameron Finally Weighs in on How Gays Will Destroy Civilization - Yahoo! News

“I believe marriage was defined by God. Marriage is almost as old as dirt, and it was defined in the Garden between Adam and Eve. One man, one woman for life till death do you part. So I would never attempt to try to redefine marriage.

Oceans Turning Acidic Faster than Past 300 Million Years - Yahoo! News

The oceans are becoming more acidic faster than they have in the past 300 million years, a period that includes four mass extinctions, researchers have found. Then, as is happening now, increases in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere warmed the planet an …

No Sports for Saudi Women - Risk of accidental hymen break too high

Female participation in sports has long been a controversial issue in the conservative Islamic kingdom, which on February 15 was lambasted by Human Rights Watch for never having sent a woman athlete to the Olympics. The stance of the official Supreme Council of Religious Schol …

New Energy-Dense Battery Could Enable Long-Distance Electric Cars - Yahoo! News

A company founded in the Palo Alto public library has taken a dose of government money and technology and turned it into the most energy-dense battery ever. Envia System's new lithium-ion battery packs roughly twice as much energy per gram as present batteries

Happy Bachelor's Day

Apparently February 29th is Bachelor's Day. An old English customary holiday in the vein of the American Sadie Hawkins Day that dates back to 13th century Scotland. As part of a custom supposedly originated by St.

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Who wants to live forever? - Asexual Flatworms

British scientists have found that a species of flatworm can overcome the process of ageing to become potentially immortal and say their work sheds light on possibilities of alleviating ageing and age-related characteristics in human cells.

Robot Space 'Gas Attendant' Could Salvage Old Satellites by 2015 - Yahoo! News

Canada-based aerospace firm MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. is designing a spacecraft that will serve as an orbiting gas station and mechanic.

Saudi writer may face trial over Prophet Mohammad - Yahoo! News

A young Saudi blogger and columnist has been deported to his homeland to face trial soon after fleeing from death threats triggered by comments on the social network Twitter seen as blasphemy against the Prophet Mohammad. Hamza Kashgari, 23, fled Saudi Arabia fo …

Yahoo! Local Beta News - Brady's Legacy Very Much Intact, Despite Super Bowl Loss

Tom Brady is in decline. This much, you can’t really argue. That doesn’t, however, mean he’s not a great quarterback.

Court: CA gay-marriage ban is unconstitutional - Yahoo! News

A federal appeals court has declared California's same-sex marriage ban to be unconstitutional, paving the way for a likely U.S. Supreme Court showdown on the voter-approved law. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S.

Getting the Last Word Doesn't Make You Right

I'm often wrong. I have no qualms about admitting this. My opinions and knowledge on any number of topics are ever evolving, and I'll often look back at something I've written a week, a month, let alone a year ago and realize how blatantly in err I was.

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Alaska Airlines ends decades-old prayer card tradition - Yahoo! Finance

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Alaska Airlines, America's seventh-largest carrier in terms of passenger traffic, said on Wednesday that it would end a decades-old tradition of handing out prayer cards with its in-flight meals.

Study confirms groundbreaking advance in stem cells - Yahoo! News

The first use of embryonic stem cells in humans eased a degenerative form of blindness in two volunteers and showed no signs of any adverse effects, according to a study published by The Lancet on Monday.

New Year Brings New Attacks on Evolution in Schools - Yahoo! News

New Hampshire House Bill 1148 would "require evolution to be taught in the public schools of this state as a theory, including the theorists' political and ideological viewpoints and their position on the concept of atheism." The second proposal in the New Hampshi …

Christopher Hitchens, writer and Vanity Fair contributor, dies at 62 | The Cutline - Yahoo! News

Christopher Hitchens, the author, writer and Vanity Fair contributing editor, has died, themagazine announced late Thursday.

Survey: 1 in 4 women attacked by intimate partner - Yahoo! News

ATLANTA (AP) — It's a startling number: 1 in 4 women surveyed by the government say they were violently attacked by their husbands or boyfriends.

Atheist messages displace CA park nativity scenes - Yahoo! News

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — Jesus, Mary, Joseph and the three wise men are being crowded out by atheists. Most of the Christmas nativity scenes that churches had placed in aSanta Monica coastal park for decades have been displaced by non-religious displ …

Romney Confronted by Gay Veteran Over His Stance on Gay Marriage

Romney told Garon, who was chowing down on his everyday staple of scrambled eggs and shaved ham at the restaurant Chez Vachon, that he supports a repeal of the same-sex marriage law, prompting an emotional exchange. “I believe a marriage is between a man and a  …

Obama: Morning-after pill decision 'common sense'

President Barack Obama on Thursday defended his health secretary's decision to stop the Plan B morning-after pill from moving onto drugstore shelves next to the condoms. "As the father of two daughters," he said, "I think it is important for us to make sure that we app …

Gag Order for Santa?

Every table, the same thing from Santa: “Happy Holidays.” Not a single “Christmas” crossed his lips.

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