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Nebraska’s safe haven law was working, but law makers are going to change it because it exposes the inadequacies of America’s health care system, especially mental health services. “A majority of the kids abandoned had a history of mental illness — 90% of the parents or guardians had sought state services for them before.”
A real victory for women everywhere: a French appeals court overturned a marriage annulment that was based on a woman lying about her virginity. A Muslim man was granted an annulment by a French court because his wife lied about being a virgin and the man claimed that virginity was one of her “essential qualities.”
Despite years of absurd denials by the US government, Gulf War Syndrome does exist. Exposure to pesticides and use of the anti-nerve agent pill, pyridostigmine bromide, sickened twenty-five percent of Gulf War vets. In related news, crackpots still deny human-caused climate change.
Dan Rather is suing his former employer, CBS, for violating his contract when they fired him over a story about President Bush’s National Guard service. Evidence clearly shows that CBS conducted the investigation to “mollify the right.”
This poster was designed for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. It says in Italian, “Only four percent of women who suffer sexual violence report their assailants.“ Politicians in Milan refuse to allow it to be displayed. Not because of the nudity–that is less of a problem in Italy. The politicians … Read more
The Bush administration stated in May that eight of the prisoners at Guantanamo Bay were under 18 years old. They now admit that at least 12 prisoners were under age. Navy Cmdr. Jeffrey Gordon tried to explain that it is hard to know how old people are but did not state that the Navy discovered … Read more
The US has been striking targets inside Pakistan for months while the Pakistani government loudly condemns the attacks. In the US, there has been no debate about the wisdom of the attacks. Now we know why: the US made a secret deal with Pakistan to allow the air strikes.
The Iraqi cabinet approved a troop deal with the US today. The deal includes a firm deadline of 2011 for troop withdrawal–whatever the conditions on the ground are. Recall that Bush and the Republicans derided anyone and everyone who called for a withdrawal timeline. No matter how you look at their statements, this deal demonstrates … Read more
I converted my Excelsior College Ethics Exam Study Guide Home from its old format (a word doc linked from a page) to four blogger posts. Blogger allows posts to be pre-dated, so I set the publish date to 2004–when I originally posted the content. Converting this content has many advantages, including: consistent site design, page … Read more
