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When Ozzie Wiggan first moved to a new high school in suburban New York, the black teenager would sometimes get into fights with white classmates over their casual use of the N-word. But the 17-year-old soon came to the sad realization that hip-hop culture had made it popular — if not acceptable — for people of all races to use the epithet, often in a way they considered harmless.
Dembski Stoops Even Lower: Legal Threats to Silence a CriticFor those who have slightly better memory of recent events than an average gerbil, you'll surely remember that not too long ago, the Intelligent Design folks, with the help of Ben Stein, put together a whole movie about how evilutionists are all a bunch of evil fascists, out to s …
What Civility is Lost if It Was Never Found?a lot of the complaints about incivility today are really complaints from the people in power or their supporters in the media, aimed at the folks who won't shut up and get with their program. And there's something distinctly undemocratic about that.
'Distracted' pilots fail to landAn inquiry has begun after a US plane heading from San Diego to Minneapolis missed the airport it was meant to land at by 150 miles (240km). Contact with the Northwest Airlines plane was lost for an hour as it flew at 37,000ft.
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Opinion / Lead : The road ahead for India and PakistanIf terrorism will not compel India to settle outstanding disputes with Pakistan, keeping the dialogue process suspended indefinitely is not going to force Islamabad to be more mindful of New Delhi's concerns either.
Health Care Bill: The Public Option and Senate MarkupOn-line discussion about progress of health-care reform with a Washington Post staff writer.
US to discuss trade, drugs with Mexico and Canada President Barack Obama meets this weekend with leaders of Mexico and Canada at a time when drug-related violence, swine flu and the economic crisis are slipping across North America's borders like never before.
Married people can have crushes, too Crushes outside of marriage don't have to be a problem
Anyone who has spent time on Newsvine is aware of the Code of Honor and is familiar with rants involving harsh invective and political vitriol.
Online discussion boards, forums, and even comment areas on blogs are a great way to debate current issues.
Much of the history of this planet has been written by those who rule over others.
Iran's presidential hopeful to thaw ties with USReformist presidential hopeful Mehdi Karroubi aims to improve ties with Washington, a top aide said on Thursday, although Iran's supreme ruler urged voters to shun pro-West candidates in next month's election.
"When a country's levels of secrecy surpasses that of its' own citizens to know, that country is no longer transparent to her people." - S. Bruno (2009)
Lately, the political environment has followed an all-too predictable formula: Obama proposes something, the Republicans try to shout it down, the Democrats shout the Republicans down, and the (negative) positive feedback loop is engaged. The American political world is no longer …
Troy Jollimore on the God Debate, "God Is Back"The interesting question is whether it makes sense, in the modern world, for a person to be religious.
PTSD Discussion Thread Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: intense memories of trauma that won't go away. Whether caused by the horrors of combat or other extreme trauma it lurks quietly in the background of ones day to day life.
Godwin's Law states that the first Internet debate participant to arbitrarily mention Hitler or Nazi Germany automatically loses the debate. I have concluded since 1990 when Godwin's Law was first instated there are new taboos that should cause an automatic loss of a debate.
I believe that we can disagree and still keep our politeness, even if we lose our "cool". But people have a tendency to insult those who have a different opinion than theirs. Why though?
Stimulus raises state sovereignty issuesSovereignty of States! What could this lead to? The 10th Amendmant is starting to be a major player with over 22 states callling for State Sovereignty.
Here in the Netherlands, there is a discussion on creationism and evolution. I'm guessing that this is a world wide discussion: I have heard the same about Great Britain for instance. In GB it had to do with buses and commercials placed on them.
During lunch break a few days ago, one of my fellow Marines and I were having a discussion about politics, economics , and all those other fun-to-talk about topics. He posed to me what would seem to be a simple question:
How we think before we speak: Making sense of sentencesWe engage in numerous discussions throughout the day, about a variety of topics, from work assignments to the Super Bowl to what we are having for dinner that evening.
Proposed tax for street improvements to be discussedMuch of the public does not want to adopt a permanent sales tax for street improvements, fearing city officials eventually would spend the money on other things, Councilor David Jones said at a Public Works Committee meeting last week.
Remains found in Caylee Anthony case match predictions of forensic astrologersExcerpt: Astrologers posting on one of the Web's most popular true-crime forums predicted that the body of missing Caylee Marie Anthony, 2, of Orlando, Fla., was hidden in her own neighborhood and would indeed be found, despite the passage of months and the failure of massive s …
This is your chance and then can we put it to bed. I am no apologist for the present President. In fact, I have a lot of problems with some ot the things he did, but I don't have a visceral hatred of the man.
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