With the original First Amendment "Freedom of Speech" looking on, admirers of the U.S. Constitution in the Washington D.C. National Archives Building today were ordered to leave for wearing tee-shirts reading "Impeach Bush and Cheney." Many of the tourist-activists were in town to hail the arrival of impeachment marcher John Nirenberg, the 61 year-old college […]
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Admirers of Constitution Booted for Wearing Impeach T-shirts in DC
New ID rules may complicate air travel
New regulations for ID cards and flying in America is a scary thought (for some). WASHINGTON - Millions of air travelers may find going through airport security much more complicated this spring, as the Bush administration heads toward a showdown with state governments over post-Sept. 11 rules for new driver's licenses. By May, the dispute […]
Persecuted Homeschool Family to Leave Germany
The Neubronners, a German homeschooling family in Bremen, Germany, have been fighting for several years to homeschool their children. When the government refused to allow them to homeschool, they sued. In response, they have been harshly persecuted by the local authorities.The Neubronners have suffered intense pressure in the form of huge, coercive fines (nearing $10,000), […]
Mexican boy glues self to bed to avoid school
A 10-year-old Mexican boy glued his hand to his bed to avoid going back to school after the Christmas break, authorities said Monday."I thought if I was glued to the bed, they couldn't make me go to school," the boy, Diego, told AFP. "I didn't want to go, the holidays were so much fun.""I remembered […]
South African teens go kissing crazy
Johannesburg - Thousands of South African teenagers were due to take part in "kissathons" across the country on Saturday in protest over a new law that bans all consensual sexual activity among under- 16s, including kissing and canoodling.The social networking site Facebook has become a rallying point for teens angered by the new Sexual Offences […]
Nanny Rudd censors the internet
KEVIN Rudd's fledgling government has just made its first major policy blunder. And it's a doozy.This is a piece of political lunacy that will intrude into all our lives whether we like it or not
State loses federal sex education funding
By CHRIS MCGANNSeattle Post-Intelligencerupdated 3:04 a.m. ET, Mon., Dec. 24, 2007OLYMPIA -- The Bush administration is cutting off funding for abstinence-only sex education in Washington because this state now requires schools to provide additional, medically accurate information about preventing unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. Up until this year, the state has received an annual […]
Joke of attack freaks out school, principal ill-prepared
A joke by a 'good kid' spreads like a virus through the Internet and text messaging, fueled in part by the principal's attempts to squelch it.December 15, 2007 What began as a student's joke about a gun at Diamond Bar High School quickly warped into an ominous warning of a Columbine-style attack -- complete with […]
Fatal Dress Code
TORONTO - A Canadian man has been charged with murdering his own daughter, and her friends say the two clashed over her refusal to wear a Muslim head scarf. Police have not commented on a motive.Aqsa Parvez, 16, of Mississauga, Ontario, was rushed to hospital in critical condition Monday after a man made an emergency […]
Guns N' Roses Lyrics Cause Teacher to Lock Self in Classroom
Karaoke can be scary, but threatening?A school custodian's impromptu after-hours karaoke performance prompted a police response when a teacher thought she was being threatened over the loudspeaker.State police say the teacher at Booth Free School barricaded herself inside a classroom Wednesday when she mistook someone singing a Guns N' Roses song over the public address […]
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