Tag: social
group name: psr
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April 17, 2008 01:23 PM EDT --
I heard a lecture the other day concerning need for trust when opposing parties negotiate. It got me thinking, a rare occurence, and being a contrarian I've decided that trust has gotten way too much . . . more
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April 13, 2008 05:49 PM EDT --
For an assignment in my Social Studies class, I had to write an essay involving our recent trip to Washington D.C. Out of two essay questions, I picked the question, "What is freedom, and what does . . . more
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August 31, 2008 08:57 AM EDT --
Since 1971, the voting age for national elections in the U.S. has been 18. The voting age was lowered that year, from 21 to 18, after young people protested that they should have the right to vote at 18, . . . more
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April 13, 2008 02:38 PM EDT --
I have just finished managing a volunteer tax preparation service in conjunction with the IRS. The program is called VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) and is designed to assist . . . more
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October 02, 2008 04:58 PM EDT --
The Social Welfare State, beyond Ideology
Are higher taxes and strong social "safety nets" antagonistic to a prosperous market economy? The evidence is now in
By Jeffrey D. . . . more
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June 19, 2008 11:01 AM EDT --
Demand Reform to Social Security Disability
by Marilyn Mackenzie
Even if you're healthy today, you should want reform to the Social Security Disability program. You never know . . . more
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January 06, 2008 10:20 AM EST --
Politics has often be referred to as "the art of the possible", but paralleling the growth of extreme and hard line religious factions in many mainstream religions of the . . . more
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May 26, 2008 07:08 PM EDT --
I was born in late 1940, almost a year to the day before Pearl Harbor was attacked on December 7, 1941, marking our entry into WWII. I contracted measles and chickenpox before . . . more
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February 22, 2008 09:57 AM EST --
I always experience a twinge of annoyance and irritation whenever I hear someone in government refer to Social Security and Medicare as an "entitlement" when they are trying . . . more
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May 23, 2008 03:54 PM EDT --
In WWI they called it "shell shocked", in WWII it was called "combat fatigue. In Vietnam it was "the thousand yard stare", but it is as old as human warfare. . . . more
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December 16, 2007 08:11 PM EST --
A growing number of states are deciding not to apply for Federal Health and Human Services funds dedicated to abstinence only education. At least 14 states . . . more
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July 09, 2008 01:42 PM EDT --
The commercial goes something like this:
A mother stands in frustration.
"I don't know what to do with you! We've talked to you, we've grounded you, we took away your game . . . more
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February 22, 2008 02:07 PM EST --
With the recent technical difficulties that seem to be running rampant here at our fair-weathered community site, my observations have left me feeling like I've been toxically overloaded. . . . more
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September 07, 2008 01:48 PM EDT --
In 2005, Congress passed a bill known as the Real ID Act. It called for the creation of a set of national standards for the driver’s licenses issued to citizens in every state.The plan was a recommendation . . . more
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January 20, 2008 10:25 AM EST --
A California Assembywoman is proposing an online database of persons convicted of one count of felony or two misdemeanor counts, of criminal domestic violence. The idea behind . . . more
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January 12, 2008 08:56 AM EST --
ABC's 20/20 program aired a very interesting program on January 11 th that sought to find the happiest country on earth. The survey that answered the question was . . . more
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March 23, 2008 02:48 PM EST --
A recent survey by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public life shows that almost 40% of Americans have changed their religion since their childhood, with a growing number dropping any religious . . . more
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March 31, 2008 10:45 AM EST --
Barak Obama delivered a speech focusing on race relations in America after the firestorm of controversy surrounding the wide viewing of the videos of his Pastor, Jeremiah Wright, delivering . . . more
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September 05, 2008 10:47 AM EDT --
Is nuclear power ready to make a comeback in America? Until recently, no company had applied to the federal government for permission to build a reactor since a 1979 accident at Pennsylvania’s Three Mile . . . more
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December 30, 2007 11:06 AM EST --
Prior to the recent Annapolis peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians Tzipi Livni, Israel's foreign minister, stated that the creation "of a Palestinian . . . more
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