Technology | Petty criminals locked into stocks while passersby mock them—a
scene from the past? In Kent, Ohio, Police Chief David Oliver is
bringing back the practice, using Facebook. If someone so much as
shoplifts in…
Euthanasia |
Belgium is currently discussing two bills to expand its euthanasia
laws—one allowing minors the right to euthanize, and the other
allowing elderly patients…
Intelligent Design |
Ball State University (BSU) is investigating complaints that
Assistant Professor Eric Hedin crossed a line when he encouraged
classroom discussion that…
Culture |
The Social Security Administration announced Friday that it would
no longer require proof of surgery to alter the gender
identification of people in its…
Culture |
Gina, 15, stood in front of a Starbucks in a mall in Asheville,
N.C. In a tank top, shorts, and flip-flops, she talked about social
media. She Snapchats, and…
Culture |
The sight of someone walking down the street with extremely baggy
pants inspired American Idol contestant Larry Platt to write the
popular song saying,
Newsworthy |
Southern Baptists begin. The nation’s largest protestant
denomination, the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), is meeting
this week in Houston. Among the…
Culture |
When Marguerite Bowker from Long Island, N.Y., received an email
wedding invitation last year to a “Barbecue Wedding” for her
daughter, she was stunned.
Culture |
The annual ritual known as the Scripps National Spelling Bee came
and went last week with kids spelling words that, I suspect, many
with graduate degrees…
Culture |
American families have trusted the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts to
teach their sons and daughters about leadership and service—but the
Boy Scouts last week…
