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NEWS:Will World Really End in 2012? Doomsday Prediction Explained

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:33:25 -0600

By Opposing Views Editorial Staff - To Protect and Serve Opposing Views

The number one film at the box office this weekend was 2012 , raking in an impressive $65 ...

VIDEO:Dessert Made with Viagra to Give Diners a Boost

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:05:58 -0600

By Opposing Views Editorial Staff - To Protect and Serve Opposing Views

Students at a Colombian cooking school have created a "love dessert" that includes an extra ...

OPINION:Red Light Cameras Actually Cause More Traffic Accidents

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:51:57 -0600

By Reason Foundation - Free Minds and Free Markets

In Los Angeles, there are 32 intersections outfitted with red light cameras. "The LAPD," reports ...

NEWS:Food Fight at Chicago School Lands 25 Kids in Jail

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:22:31 -0600

By Opposing Views Editorial Staff - To Protect and Serve Opposing Views

A good, old-fashioned food fight -- an academic tradition right up there with reading, writing and ...

OPINION:On This Veterans Day, Working to Help Homeless Vets

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:44:55 -0600

By Natural Resources Defense Council - The Earth's Best Defense

by Kaid Benfield On this Veterans' Day, when we remember those who have served, it ...

OPINION:Affirmative Action for Men? Colleges Accused of Gender Bias

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:27:42 -0600

By Reason Foundation - Free Minds and Free Markets

by Ronald Bailey NPR's "Morning Edition" aired a story in which the U.S. ...

OPINION:Update-Mississippi Doctor Won't Face Charges for Online Dating

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:28:22 -0600

By Reason Foundation - Free Minds and Free Markets

by Radley Balko A couple of months ago I put up a post about federal prosecutors' pursuit of ...

RESEARCH:Married People Have More Pride in Work Than Singles

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:27:08 -0600

By Family Research Council - Defending Faith, Family and Freedom

by Patrick F. Fagan, Ph.D. & Althea Nagai, Ph.D. Married adults are more likely to be proud ...

VIDEO:Ex-Miss California Carrie Prejean Admits to Sex Tape

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:17:44 -0600

By Opposing Views Editorial Staff - To Protect and Serve Opposing Views

Former Miss California USA Carrie Prejean admits making a solo sex tape for an ex-boyfriend, and ...

OPINION:Amnesty Int'l Protests Execution of DC Sniper John Muhammad

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:31:39 -0600

By Amnesty International - Working To Protect Human Rights

This evening Texas and Virginia, the two most prolific executing states in the ...

NEWS:Black Students Told to Pick Cotton as Slavery Lesson

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:12:39 -0600

By Opposing Views Editorial Staff - To Protect and Serve Opposing Views

It seemed like a good idea -- take an elementary school class on a field trip to a historical ...

NEWS:University Expels Student for Wearing Short Skirt

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:23:18 -0600

By Opposing Views Editorial Staff - To Protect and Serve Opposing Views

If you think anything goes in Brazil, think again. A university there expelled a female student for ...

NEWS:Ark. Man Guilty of Burning Cross to Drive Family from Home

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:08:43 -0600

By U.S. Dept. of Justice - Enforcing and Defending the Law

Dustin Nix of Donaldson, Ark, was sentenced today in federal court in Fort Smith, Ark, on federal ...

VIDEO:Homer Simpson Rejoice-The Push for More Alcohol in Beer

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:55:59 -0600

By Opposing Views Editorial Staff - To Protect and Serve Opposing Views

The Boulder, Colorado-based Brewers Association is working to push states to raise limits on ...

NEWS:11-Year-Old Goes into Labor, At Her Wedding!

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:32:23 -0600

By Opposing Views Editorial Staff - To Protect and Serve Opposing Views

What's stranger -- an 11-year-old getting married, or an 11-year-old giving birth? Well, this ...

VIDEO:Only Trying to Help, Woman Doused With Urine

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:56:04 -0600

By Opposing Views Editorial Staff - To Protect and Serve Opposing Views

A Spokane, Washington, woman thought she was doing a good deed when a car pulled up next to her ...

NEWS:New Book Out on Child Beauty Pageants; Is it Creepy?

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:58:13 -0600

By Opposing Views Editorial Staff - To Protect and Serve Opposing Views

There is a new coffee table book out that could shock some of your guests. Then again ...

VIDEO:Extra Treat for Halloween -- A Diamond Ring?

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:08:53 -0600

By Opposing Views Editorial Staff - To Protect and Serve Opposing Views

One trick or treater in Ohio may have got something extra in their goodie bag over the weekend -- a ...

OPINION:FBI Computer Error Costs Maryland Woman Her Job

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:24:10 -0600

By Competitive Enterprise Institute - From Economy to Ecology

by Elizabeth Jacobson Wired reports that a Maryland woman recently lost her job due to an ...

OPINION: This Week is White Ribbon Against Pornography Week

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:16:26 -0500

By Family Research Council - Defending Faith, Family and Freedom

According to Bob Peters of Morality in Media, our nation is facing a moral crisis, including ...