N.C. woman gets $9M in alienation of affection suit

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A woman sues her husband’s lover for ruining their marriage
By Associated Press
A jury has awarded a North Carolina woman $9 million from her husband’s lover after ruling the other woman ruined their marriage.
The News & Record of Greensboro reports the jury ruled this week in 60-year-old Cynthia [...]

The battle over “cry it out” sleep training

ShareFor what’s it’s worth, I say hold your babies close often—they’re baby primates, not Marines.
The battle over “cry it out” sleep training
Common-sense parenting or child abuse? The dilemma that plagued our family — and many others
By Ada Calhoun

I turned up the volume on the TCM movie to drown out the sound of my baby crying [...]

St. Patrick’s Day controversy: Is corned beef and cabbage Irish?

Corned beef was made popular in New York bars at lunchtime. The bars offered a ‘free lunch’ to the Irish construction workers who were building NYC in the early part of the 20th century. But there’s no such thing as a free lunch. You had to buy a couple of beers or shots of whiskey to get that free lunch. And that’s how corned beef became known as an ‘Irish’ food.

5 Ways to Value a Tree

Share* By Mickey Z. Planet Green *
When you live in a corporate-dominated culture, everything is potentially a “commodity.” We “spend” time, we “invest” in relationships, and some of us view trees as nothing more than potential lumber and/or paper.
1. Commodity
According to the Wisconsin Paper Council, an “interesting rule of thumb is that an acre of [...]

Global Warming Might Spur Earthquakes and Volcanoes

Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis and landslides are some of the additional catastrophes that climate change and its rising sea levels and melting glaciers could bring, a geologist says.

TOLEDO, OHIO: MAY 16 VET BIKER EVENT CANCELLED

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TOLEDO VETERANS MEMORIAL MOTORCYCLE EVENT CANCELLED

By Nick Hauptricht for Veterans Today
The event planned for May 16, 2010 welcoming the WW2 memorial stones given to Rep. Marcy Kaptur for the new memorial garden at the proposed VAMC has run into a few snags.  We will be rescheduling as soon as possible.
It is important to get the [...]

Equality and the Good Life, Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better

We live in a world of deep inequality, and the gap between the rich and the poor is widening. We in the rich world generally agree that this is a problem we ought to help fix—but that the real beneficiaries will be the billions of people living in poverty. After all, inequality has little impact on the lives of those who find themselves on top of the pile.

Evolution by the Grassroots

We live in the age of grass. Indeed, from our point of view, the evolution of grasses was one of the most momentous events in the history of the Earth. Which is why I’m nominating them for Life-form of the Month: March.

17 Ridiculous Laws Still On The Books In The U.S.

In Missouri, It is Illegal To Drive With An Uncaged Bear (Caged Bears Are OK)

The Chilean Earthquake and God’s Wrath

According to religious prognosticators, sinners will suffer the wrath of god in the form of earthquakes as biblical punishment for their errant ways. The declarations and explanations of such divine calamities always come after the fact, but let us not have such annoying details get in our way. Nobody is more out front in decoding god’s will than Robertson; he declared that the devastating earthquake in Haiti was a consequence of Haitians making a pact with the devil.

Hearing my new daughter’s voice 1967 Viet Nam

ShareBack in the 1960’s The group of Ham operators known as MARS, offered to make calls in the USA and connect them by radio (2 way air waves), and the Soldiers could call home. It cost $20.00 for three minutes, which was a lot of money back then, but still there were long lines, to [...]

Ten Ways to Fight Hate

ShareTeaching your family and your community not to hate. From the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC):
Ten Ways to Fight Hate: A Community Response Guide

Hate in America is a dreadful, daily constant. The dragging death of a black man in Jasper, Texas; the crucifixion of a gay man in Laramie, Wyo.; and the stabbing death of [...]

Health Means Freedom for Families

ShareAt least you have your health, it’s everything. Not everyone agrees.
Health Means Life; Health Means Freedom
by George Lakoff
Life and Freedom are moral issues. It is time for Democrats to talk about health in those terms, beyond just policy terms like health insurance reform, bending the cost curve, types of exchanges, etc.
Health means life. If you [...]

13 Ridiculous Things You Didn’t Know About U.S. Presidents

Exactly what kind of person does it take to lead a nation? So this President’s Day, instead of honoring our commanders-in-chief for the great things they did, why not honor them for the bizarre things they did?

A War Prayer

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It was a time of great and exalting excitement. The country was up in arms, the war was on, in every breast burned the holy fire of patriotism; the drums were beating, the bands playing, the toy pistols popping, the bunched firecrackers hissing and sputtering; on every hand and far down the receding [...]

AMERICA’S “NOT SO CHRISTIAN” FOUNDING FATHERS

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The Faith Of America’s Founders On Trial
 
 
 

By Christian J. Pinto
Award-winning filmmaker of the documentary series,
Secret Mysteries of America’s Beginnings
Many Christians are repeatedly told by their pastors, teachers, and church leaders that America was founded as a Christian nation. This assertion would not be so bad if it were confined to the arrival of the Puritans [...]

The Faith Of America’s Founders On Trial

Many Christians are repeatedly told by their pastors, teachers, and church leaders that America was founded as a Christian nation. This assertion would not be so bad if it were confined to the arrival of the Puritans at Plymouth and the early development of the new world. If that were the case, it would be an accurate statement, in this writer’s opinion.

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Revisionaries: How a group of Texas conservatives is rewriting your kids’ textbooks.

This bled into a rant about American history. “The secular humanists may argue that we are a secular nation,” McLeroy said, jabbing his finger in the air for emphasis. “But we are a Christian nation founded on Christian principles. The way I evaluate history textbooks is first I see how they cover Christianity and Israel. Then I see how they treat Ronald Reagan — he needs to get credit for saving the world from communism and for the good economy over the last twenty years because he lowered taxes.”

GORDON DUFF: A “CHAIN EMAIL” FROM ISLAM

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Introduction by Gordon Duff/ Senior Editor Veterans Today
We all get emails, spam, chain letters and worse every day.  Some of the best have puppy and kitty photos, some is religious and much of it is political fantasy.  More of it is pornographic.  We don’t often get [...]

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