What? Classroom lectures can't overcome biological urges?
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Students who took part in sexual abstinence programs were just as likely to have sex as those who did not, according to a study ordered by Congress.
What? Classroom lectures can't overcome biological urges?
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Students who took part in sexual abstinence programs were just as likely to have sex as those who did not, according to a study ordered by Congress.
With eminent domain, your property is taken outright."Historic preservation" lets you keep it -- you just can't do anything with it. In a way, it's even more harmful to the concept of private property. People don't get outraged at "preserving history," and nobody, after all, is really "losing" anything:
Scott Greider, a New York architect who grew up in Fort Wayne, is coming home.
Jay Bookman, deputy editorial page editor of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, likens toll-road leases such as Indiana's to Nigerian Internet scams in which foolish people think they are going to get "billions and billions in free money! Just step right up and sign here on the dotted line. . . ."
But of course, to make such an arrangement work, there's gotta be a sucker somewhere. Look in the mirror. You're it.
The Gore Effect has apparently spread to the general population:
More than two dozen demonstrators braved cold, wet weather Saturday in Reno to attend a rally designed to draw attention to global warming.
The event was cut short by heavy rain and sleet, said organizer Lisa Stiller of the Northern Nevada Coalition for Climate Change.
If the whole Don Imus thing has seemed much ado about nothing, perhaps this will explain it:
A fascinating look at interracial dating, who is interested in it and who is not:
Let's hear it for one of the most diabolically clever government inventions ever, withholding, which lets our income-tax payments disappear a liittle every paycheck instead of coming in one big bill that would lead to national ourtage. As a result, we've gone from a nation founded on revolt over taxes that were a relative pittance to a nation of whining but compliant muggees:
Two heavyweights duke it out:
Indianapolis - Mayor Bart Peterson called on lawmakers Wednesday to give the city the authority to raise taxes to improve police protection.
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House Republican Leader Brian Bosma (R-Indianapolis) did not mince words.
"The mayor needs a lot more than those two bills to deal with his public safety problems. . ."
If you have relatives in trailer parks, you should feel good that the state is protecting them (unless, of course, they have a meth lab or are inclined to get caught up in a TV show and forget the potatoes in the Fry Daddy):
Legislation mandating the use of weather radios in mobile homes is on its way to the governor's desk. The goal is to save lives. Weather radios can be programmed for residents' home county and if there is a severe storm on the way an alarm goes off.
Well, yes, but driving under the influence of pulse-pounding music is one of life's small pleasures:
Want to stay safe on the roads? Then avoid listening to Guns N Roses, Meat Loaf and Bruce Springsteen behind the wheel.
The trio are among the artists featured on a top 10 of tracks that get people's blood pumping and in the mood to drive aggressively.
Today's sign in need of a proofreader comes from your friendly neighborhood BP station.
Indiana "atones for" being a pioneer in an area it wishes it were not a pioneer in:
Indiana atoned Thursday for its role in pioneering the state-authorized sterilization of "imbeciles," paupers, criminals and others it deemed undesirable, expressing regret for passing the first such law 100 years ago.
It's a truism in politics that by the time Congress acts on something, it is too late -- look for the evidence, and you'll usually find that whatever problem being addressed is already on the way to a solution from somewhere else. That probably applies to state legislatures as well. So, with city after city in Indiana enacting public-smoking bans, the General Assembly suddenly discovers a problem needing a statewide solution:
Another game of gotcha! targeting one of those out-of-touch, fat-cat Republicans who don't know how ordinary people have to live:
But when asked about more mundane matters — like the price of some basic staples — Giuliani had trouble with a reporter's question.
"A gallon of milk is probably about a $1.50, a loaf of bread about a $1.25, $1.30," he said.
The Indiana Daily Student has a front-page opinion piece calling for the name of a building on the IU campus to be changed because the man it was named after had views that would not be considered mainstream today:
Criminal geniuses of the week:
According to Indiana State Police, two people are under arrest Wednesday morning after their car broke down on I-69 north of State Road 35.
A trooper was sent to assist a stranded vehicle Tuesday after the occupants called OnStar for help. When police ran their Michigan license plate, they say the 2007 black Cadillac came back as a possible stolen vehicle out of Detroit, Michigan.
Wal-Mart brought a distribution center to Gas City, and instead of protesting the giant corporation's destruction of everything good and noble, as any decent city would, the silly people who think it's important to have a $55 million investment and 650 jobs actually show up to cheer:
This admission may mark me as a bad Summit City resident, but I have never been to a Komets game. In fact, not going to see the Komets is one of my favorite pastimes. That can get boring, though, so sometimes I don't go to Wizards games. Wanting to be a well-rounded person, I had thought I might also not go to any arena football games. The trouble is that I like football, and a friend wants to go see what the arena version is like. But now I will still have a third sport not to attend:
I do not care about the Don Imus controversy, I do not want to read or hear any more about the Don Imus controversy, and I refuse to have an opinion about the Don Imus controversy. The last thing the world needs now is one more opinion about the Don Imus controversy. This about says it all:
With the deadline for tax filing coming up on Monday, it's time to take our annual look at tax facts, such as: Middle-class taxpayers use tax loopholes far more than the rich do. In 2005, the federal government took $2.4 trillion out of the pockets of the American people, about the same as the size of the entire U.S. economy in 1959 in inflation-adjusted terms. About three-fifths of Americans think their taxes are too high:
