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A Brief History of Gays in the Military
In his first State of the Union address, President Obama declared that he would work to “finally repeal the law that denies gay Americans the right to serve the country they love because of who they are.” Though a June 2009 Gallup poll showed that 69% of Americans support allowing gays and lesbians to serve in the military, repealing “Don’t ask, don’t tell” will take more than a declaration — it will take an act of Congress.
Bullying Among Girls: Child Experts Give Tips to Parents
Sugar and spice and everything nice.
From Royal Weddings to Royal Funerals: Britain and Its Monarchy Over the Years
In Britain, all is not as it seems, nor ever has been.
Road Rage
It’s a jungle out there. Well, not really: it’s worse than a jungle.
Why Even Anti-Royalists Have Reason to Celebrate Will and Kate
Technically, it was an act of treason. Britain’s Treason Felony Act of 1848 forbids subjects of the queen from calling for the abolition of the monarchy.
World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF THE PACIFIC: Beginning
It had been more than two and a half years since Jimmy Doolittle's small carrier-borne group of B-25s had bombed Tokyo. Since then Japanese authorities had drilled their docile populace in air-raid defenses, warning them incessantly that it might happen again
Finding Niches in a New Land
“What country is this?” Many bemused Americans might ask that question as they go about their work and play. Whether shopping for vegetables among the hundreds of Korean-run greengroceries in Manhattan, or stopping for the night at one of the innumerable Indian-owned hotels in California, Americans are increasingly finding that entire businesses have acquired a foreign-born flavor.
Religion: Singing Hymns and Hers
Is nothing sacred? After church leaders set about updating the United Methodist Hymnal in 1984, their most controversial acts were to excise one of the most popular hymns in the Protestant repertoire, Onward Christian Soldiers, and to strip verses from The Battle Hymn of the Republic.
Why Iran is Nervous About Iraq’s Oil Production
Iran may have had a political boost from the Arab Spring in North Africa and the Middle East — with some new regimes apparently more sympathetic toward Tehran while others brace themselves against the Iranian regime’s influence among opposition movements in the region. But there is no attendant economic windfall to all the change