The American Family Association is trying to draft me into a war I don't want to participate in:
Hallmark Greeting Cards has announced it will begin selling same-sex wedding cards, even though same-sex marriage is legal in only two states. The purpose, they say, is to satisfy consumer demand. It appears that their purpose is also to push same-sex marriage. Last year Hallmark began offering "coming out" cards - as in "coming out of the closet" -- a euphemism for announcing homosexuality.
Not sure what I think about this:
SAN ANTONIO - Ninth grade, often the first year of high school, is a critical time when many students sink or swim while coping with new academic responsibilities and learning the oh-so-important social hierarchy.
Some educators are turning to ninth-grade-only schools to separate 14- and 15-year-olds from older kids and make the transition easier.
Aw, man. When I was in the Army, I hated the shade of green the uniforms came in -- olive drab, with the emphasis on drab. It didn't matter so much that our fatigues were ugly. They were working clothes, after all, not meant to be exactly dazzling. But the Class A uniforms were for dress-up. Who could feel snazzy and ready for hitting town in something so awful-looking? It took me years to be able to tolerate any kind of green.
I had measles when I was a kid. It sucked. But I was lucky. We once had hundreds of thousands of cases a year in this country and hundreds of deaths. The disease has largely been conquered because of vaccinations. But now, it's starting to creep back, in part because of parents who have listened to ill-informed hysteria about a phantom link between the vaccinations and autism:
Yet another example of what America is fighting for in the Middle East, provided by one of our allies:
Celebrating anniversaries, birthdays or mother's day is against Muslim 'righteousness', Saudi Arabia's top cleric has said, quashing suggestions by a colleague that Islam permits personal celebrations.
The smell is still awful, but don't they look good?
Last month The Ticket wrote that officials in Denver, worried about the impression that 50,000 visitors to the Democratic National Convention would get next week, were planning to hide the estimated 4,000 homeless people who hang around the city's downtown area.
They made a joyful noise in Crown Point, but they got carried away a little on the "noise" part:
Neighbors complained about the loud music emanating from the revival tent in the church's parking lot. City officials, who had issued a permit for the tent, intervened at a Board of Public Works and Safety meeting on Monday night.
I was just compiling my presidential voting record for the fun of it. I've voted in 10 presidential elections. Six times I voted for the Republican, three times for the Democrat and once for the Libertarian -- not exactly monolithic, but it shouldn't be too hard to detect an underlying political philosophy. And my record is even -- five of my candidates won, and five lost. I don't remember being particularly bitter when my guy lost or especially ecstatic when he won. My life went on more or less the same, whether I felt I had " friend in the White House" or not.
It's been a while since I've highlighted research dollars at work uncovering astounding things. This is a really good one:
Small women with long legs are the most sexually attractive to men, scientists claim.
Females such as Scarlett Johansson, Raquel Welch and Marilyn Monroe with short slender bodies, large busts and slim limbs have the ideal body shape, according to research.
Omigod, the poor dears:
Faced with soaring diesel fuel costs, school districts are forcing students to use the old-fashioned way to get to class: on their own two feet.
Many schools are eliminating or reducing bus service because fuel had jumped to $4.50 per gallon, 36 percent more than a year ago, and is busting budgets.
