Let me say first that this is not a simple issue. I wish the Republican presidential candidates weren't pretending that it is. And let me say, too, that I admire a lot about the Catholic Church. It has been a leader in human rights in many,...
COMMENTARY: The school board's correct decision on condom policy
For a school district, giving students access to condoms in school is a dramatic step. I get the controversy. Passions run high when the discussion turns to teens having sex. But let's be honest: many teens do have sex. As difficult...
URBAN JOURNAL: Lessons from Newt
Newt Gingrich now stands a good chance of being the Republican presidential nominee. I'm not sure politics can get any weirder than this. Gingrich is a long way from sewing up the nomination, obviously. But last week was quite a week. And...
URBAN JOURNAL: The trouble(s) in Rochester
Our little burg feels like a glass half empty, half full right now, and you can see that reflected in the national focus on us over the past few weeks. On the half-empty side: the threat of a Kodak bankruptcy is still in the air, and the...
URBAN JOURNAL: Cuomo's jobs vision - casinos and conventions
Oh, me. With the national news media hinting at bankruptcy for Kodak, it's a somber time here. So I was hoping our full-speed-ahead governor would announce something big in his State of the State address last week. I was hoping he had exciting...
COMMENTARY: On Keystone, Obama should just say no
President Barack Obama should flat-out reject TransCanada's proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline. The proposed 1,700-mile pipeline would link Canada's Alberta tar sands to refineries and ports on the Gulf of Mexico. Obama has less than 60 days...
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No, that isn't thunder you're hearing. It's renowned step-dance troupe Step Afrika!, which will...
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Tim Shea said:
There are a number of Supreme Court decisions concerning separation of church and state. Including one which refused to protect not a secular...
in URBAN JOURNAL: Religion, politics, and women's health
steve said:
Teenagers can buy condoms at drug stores. Heck I bet they can buy them off each other. Their parents probably give them to them. There's no need...
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Adam said:
Wow - Where is the discussion on this? I'm amazed that more people are not interesting in pushing the brewery to do something with this funky old...
in URBAN JOURNAL: Preservation rules and the brewery
Mary Anna Towler said:
Rukosini: Not true. Gingrich didn't get on the ballot in Virginia, but there are numerous states to go, and in some states - New York included -...
in URBAN JOURNAL: Lessons from Newt
rukosini said:
Is is true - that Newt and Santorum can not possibly win - mathematically, because they are not on the ballots of all states? Is it true that the...
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