Tag: social problems
member name: Duane B.
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August 12, 2006 12:46 PM EDT --
A new method of measuring the literacy rate of our nation has revealed that many more people are functionally illiterate that previously reported. The new method of measuring literacy was . . .
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September 20, 2006 09:42 AM EDT --
In a report on MSMBC titled "What is the Worth of Words, and subtitled " Will It Matter If People can't read in the Future?, recent studies indicate that only 5% of college graduates can . . .
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August 01, 2006 12:00 PM EDT --
I was counseling a forty something that was having problems with the women in his life. He was twice divorced and raising a son on his own. He was an entertainer who traveled the world . . .
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June 25, 2007 11:04 AM EDT --
Some years ago when my family was living in Europe, managing the financial operations of an American corporation, we were in the US for annual home leave and were invited to have dinner with . . .
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July 09, 2007 11:11 AM EDT --
The most current statistics indicate that thirty percent of the American adult population have been alcoholics, been dependent on alcohol or abused alcohol in their lifetime. An estimated . . .
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July 11, 2007 11:53 AM EDT --
Pope Benedict XVI, reasserting the primacy of the Roman Catholic Church, has approved the release of an document that states that all other Christian denomination are either defective or not . . .
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October 03, 2006 10:28 AM EDT --
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More and more parents are taking home schooling to a new level and are educating their children without any curriculum or formal plan. It is called "unschooling" and is . . .
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October 15, 2006 12:59 PM EDT --
Any reports of child abuse or neglect are upsetting and disturbing, but I find the recent reports of alleged deliberate starvation of children to be inexplicable and reprehensible . . .
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October 17, 2006 08:32 PM EDT --
Michigan lawmakers are considering legislation that would require all girls entering sixth grade next year to be vaccinated with against HPV. Michigan has exemptions from the vaccination laws for . . .
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December 27, 2006 09:49 AM EST --
During the last few decades the state and local governments has taken a much stronger stance against domestic violence against women, although estimates of the problem indicate that many cases . . .
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February 28, 2007 12:24 PM EST --
A twelve-year-old Maryland boy died from complications of an abscessed tooth when the bacteria from the tooth spread to his brain. The boy was hospitalized due to the brain infection and . . .
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August 03, 2006 10:29 AM EDT --
The only thing that is constant in life is change. We see, hear and feel the constant change in our modern lives every day. Not only does change affect our personal lives, but, . . .
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October 30, 2006 01:59 PM EST --
I have posted below a link to a Newsweek article dealing with the new efforts of cities to deal with the homeless/panhandling problems by forbidding churches and other non-profits from . . .
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December 29, 2006 09:27 AM EST --
The US Department of Justice has issued a report that indicates that domestic violence rates have fallen by more than fifty percent from 1993 to 2004. The sharp decline is attributed to a number of factors . . .
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January 28, 2007 11:22 AM EST --
I can at least understand the context and culture when sexual hysteria rears its ugly head in some part of out country that has established a history of opposing any type of sexual education. . . .
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March 06, 2007 08:49 AM EST --
The latest example of Washington’s smoke and mirrors on attempting to find a solution to our healthcare crisis is a proposal of SC Senator Jim DeMint to let individuals and families to establish . . .
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October 30, 2006 12:58 PM EST --
The recent decision by the New Jersey Supreme Court stating that homosexual couples are entitled to the same rights as heterosexual couples and giving the New Jersey Legislature six months . . .
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September 26, 2006 09:32 AM EDT --
Numerous studies have shown that there is a very high level of correlation between family income and scores on the SAT test administered to high school students. A recent study on . . .
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October 01, 2006 01:51 PM EDT --
The first large scale study of the use of medications for ADHD support a genetic link to the disorder. The parents of children taking medication for ADHD were nines times more likely to be taking . . .
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July 09, 2007 09:41 PM EDT --
The City of Seattle has developed a very innovative program for a group of 75 homeless, hard core, alcoholics that has been labeled “bunks for drunks”. The city used . . .
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