History has accepted the words ostrich boy, monkey boys, gazelle boys, wild children, and wolf girls as part of its folklore. Over 100 stories are known of these children. Traditionally speaking, children raised by animals have little if any read more
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Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Society, Social Issues > Homelessness, Poverty
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
Farmers, future role models of industries
Recently, Michigan's Governor Rick Snyder said that farmers were role models for his state's industries, with farmers the original entrepreneur. Snyber spoke while attending the Michigan Farm Bureau's read more
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Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Society, Social Issues > People
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
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Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Society, Social Issues > Politics, Government
Affectionally called "Lady Diana of Chicago," Maggie Daley has passed away at age 68 for breast cancer that had spread to her lungs, liver and bones since her diagnosis nine years ago. read more
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Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Society, Social Issues > People
A Jewish New testament has just come out, co-edited by Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Zvi Brettler. Jewish scholars themselves, the idea is unique because the majority of Jewish people do not honor the New Testament, as only the Old Testament is considered read more
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Nancy L. Young-Houser
Category: Society, Social Issues > Beliefs, Religion
On November 16, 2011, the House of Representatives began debating government control of Internet censorship. read more
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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