By now, everybody in the United States knows who Newt Gingrich is. They are also aware that he has slowly and steadily moved to the front of the GOP candidates, similar to the pink bunny and its famous EverReady battery.
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Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Society, Social Issues > Politics, Government
This coming Thursday, the House Committee on Oversight & Government Reform will be holding a hearing that is titled, "HHS and the Catholic Church: Examining the Politicization of Grants." Described by the Catholic Church as a showdown between read more
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Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Society, Social Issues > Politics, Government
Attacks on birth control for women by GOP religious extremists involve every woman in the United States, preventing them from making decisions about their own body. This political assault on women's bodies involve the most elementary of reproductive read more
By:
Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Society, Social Issues > Politics, Government
On November 16, 2011, the House of Representatives began debating government control of Internet censorship. read more
By:
Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Society, Social Issues > Politics, Government
Pennsylvania's Senator Bob Casey (D) has requested a hearing on how federal laws will affect the investigation of the Sandusky sex abuse scandal at Penn State, a renowned educational hierarchy that is in the top 15 national universities. read more
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Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Society, Social Issues > Politics, Government
On October 26, 2011, the contentious Pastor Terry Jones announced he will not only be running for president but has a seven-point proposal for what his “Stand Up for America Now” platform is going to be. read more
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Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Society, Social Issues > Politics, Government
While supporting the efforts of Occupy Wall Street, on October 25, 2011, demonstrators in Oakland, CA, were attacked by police in riot gear from various Bay Area law enforcement agencies. Using tear gas, rubber bullets and flashbang grenades, read more
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Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Society, Social Issues > Politics, Government
Last May, the blog "Uncommon Ground" stated that the United States Congress consisted of very few scientists or engineers trained in rational thinking, at least until the new administration took office in January of this year when it read more
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Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Society, Social Issues > Politics, Government
With approximately $180 billion dollars bailout money already spent rescuing the giant insurer AIG (American International Group, Inc.) Pennsylvania Republican Paul Kanjorski, a senior Democratic lawmaker, is quoted as saying that to do otherwise read more
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Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Society, Social Issues > Politics, Government
With so many states struggling financially to survive, the legalization of marijuana for tax purposes is quickly becoming the answer of the moment. Not a new thing, its legalization has already brought forth research to be quickly taken underway read more
By:
Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Society, Social Issues > Politics, Government