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Where in the World is Osama bin Laden? In Theaters!
I must have been in a cave this weekend — or so busy talking about Ben Stein's Expelled that I completely forgot to mention that Morgan Spurlock's new flick, Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden opened this weekend. I've been following this film since way back, and now that it's out it sounds like part of a perfect afternoon — a nice double feature of intelligent design and terrorist hunting. Buzz would approve.Bibles in Class? Not Just for Sunday School Anymore
The separation of church and state is a little less distinct at Hamilton County Schools in Tennessee. Funding from a special grant program means that students can elect to study Bible History in public schools.
While religion classes aren't uncommon in universities, topics of faith are muted in lower grades of public schools.
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California Private Schools Can Expel Lesbians
The headline might seem like something out of a time capsule, but it's still true today that gay students in California do not have a right to attend private schools. A state court ruled yesterday that because California Lutheran High School is a social organization, and not a business, it is not subject to state antidiscrimination laws.
In the 3-0 ruling the court maintained: The whole purpose of sending one's child to a religious school is to ensure that he or she learns even secular subjects within a religious framework.
Expelled: The Movie — Ben Stein's New Creation(ism)
I shun all things made up, my personal f-word is fiction, so imagine my delight when I found out Ben Stein, the clever-skirting-genius host of Win Ben Stein's Money that guy in that Ferris Bueller movie, and a former speech writer for Nixon and Ford has cooked up a new documentary.
It's called Expelled and looks at the teaching of science in schools. Either I'm wildly dimwitted, naive, brainwashed, or a scootch of all three, but I assumed the movie would be about how the education system is squashing scientific thought and empirical enterprise in America.
Prep Talk: Justifying Hazing at Boarding School
High school girls have many ways of punishing each other, the silent treatment being a classic tactic. But what about seniors marching through dorms with the precision of the gestapo, lining up freshmen, yelling at them, making them perform chores, and forcing them to count to 100 in German? It's not reform school — it's an annual ritual at Miss Porter’s, an all-girls boarding and day school in Connecticut where Gossip Girl-sounding names are as common as class rings.
Indian Colleges Blame Jeans For Sexual Harassment
Female university students in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh can no longer wear jeans or any other Western clothes to school. It's all for their own protection, of course — officials say that expelling women who dress like this is "the only way to stop crime against women."
If the schools really wanted to stop sexual harassment, they should probably go after the men who perpetrate it.
Front Page: US Unemployment Jumps to 25-Year High
- The US unemployment rate has hit 8.1 percent, the highest rate since 1983. — AP
- Secretary of State Hilary Clinton said today that there's a chance for improved US-Russian relations but that she also sees areas of significant disagreement. — Reuters
- Police are on the hunt for an Ohio gunman who allegedly killed his newlywed wife, his sister-in-law, and three young children.
What Did You Give Up For Lent?
Yesterday, Ash Wednesday, marked the beginning of Lent. Now I'm not too familiar with this Catholic practice, but I do know that Fat Tuesday is considered the last day one can commit a sin while Ash Wednesday signifies the start to a 40 day penance where one gives up a vice until Easter Sunday.
I've had friends give up chocolate, soda, even French fries for Lent, but tell me, what have you committed to expel from your life for the next 40 days?
Dear Poll: Are You a Yeller?
We all have tempers, but it's important for us to learn how to keep them under control so we don't become walking, ticking time bombs! And since we all have unique personality traits, we probably also have different ways to expel that aggression, but according to the March issue of Glamour, 92 percent of women choose to vent their frustration by yelling. I fit comfortably into that statistic, but tell me, are you a yeller too?
Russia Lectures US: You're in No Position to Give Advice
Russian President Dmitri A. Medvedev is in no mood to listen to US criticism about the state of human rights or democracy in Russia. This week he said that the US was "essentially in a depression" and thus in no shape to tell other countries what to do.
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