DallasVoice.com – By Kevin Freking – Associated Press
Washington – The Bush administration, in its final days, issued a federal rule Thursday, Dec. 18, reinforcing protections for doctors and other health care workers who refuse to participate in ab…
Guardian.co.uk – Matthew Weaver
Benedict’s latest comments on sexuality have prompted dismayed – and some unprintable – reactions
The papacy has a long history of making shockingly conservative remarks, but the pope’s latest pronouncements on sex…
SLTrib.com – By Rosemary Winters – The Salt Lake Tribune
President Thomas S. Monson: You have mail – boxes of it.
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) delivered 27,000 letters to LDS Church headquarters Monday – all of them asking the Mormon leader to…
YRO.SLashdot.org – Posted by kdawson
High school students in Maryland are using speed cameras to get back at their perceived enemies, and even teachers. The students duplicate the victim’s license plate on glossy paper using a laser printer, tape i…
IowaHawk.TypePad.com
Washington – Flanked by officials from the United Elf Toytinkerers union, SantaCorp CEO Kris Kringle today told the House Ways and Means Committee that without immediate government financial help, his firm would be forced to dec…
TheJakartaGlobe.com – Ade Mardiyati
On a dreary morning in Yogyakarta, in a brick house, some 10 meters from the main road in Gedong Tengen, Notoyudan hamlet, an 8-year-old girl is folding yellow paper napkins with a friend. They work slowly, whispe…
SignOnSanDiego.com – By Scott LaFee, Staff Writer
Micha Cardenas is a 31-year-old man taking hormones to become a woman. So, it’s not surprising perhaps that Cardenas views the boundaries of gender as being somewhat fluid and has questions about wha…
CampKC.com – by Jamie Tyroler
This year has had some amazing high points and, unfortunately, some low points, such as the economy, that many of us have never experienced before. Should I give the good news first or end this column on a positive note…
LiveWire.Amnesty.org – Kate Sheill
So why all this fuss about a statement in a big meeting?
The joint statement will be issued as a formal UN document, but that will take a few weeks. It is a really strong text that will be really useful in our a…
SeattleTimes.NWSource.com – By John Hartl – Special to The Seattle Times
“The Dina Martina Christmas Show” plays at Re-Bar through Dec. 31.
Hardly anyone refers to Dina Martina as a female impersonator. As her current Christmas show demonstrates,…