April 27, 2008

Parents Say Don’t Recite The Pledge Of Allegiance In Any Language Other Than English

An uproar has begun in a high school in Wisconsin over The Pledge of Allegiance being broadcast in Spanish over the Intercom. Once a year at Edgerton High School Spanish classes have recited the pledge. This year a parent got hot under the collar.

On March 11 the daily announcements at Edgerton High School had the [...]

April 27, 2008

Op-Ed: Are We In Danger Of Using The Right To Believe?

Are we beginning to ride a slippery slope to a world where personal beliefs are not tolerated? As insane as that statement appears to be with the current world issues seem to point at religion being used to abuse others.

The removals of children from a religious sect, the crimes of church officials against children, Tibetan [...]

April 27, 2008

Twitter Helps Free Arrested Blogger James Karl Buck

When James Karl Buck and his translator, Mohammed Maree were arrested in Mahalla, Egypt while covering an anti-government protest he whipped out a quick one word blog post.
“Ă„rrested.”

That quick posting using Twitter from Buck’s cell phone quickly had bloggers and friends spreading the word within seconds.
Buck had only been using the micro-blogging site for a [...]

April 27, 2008

Huntington Bank Robbery Victim Loses Twins

A pregnant bank teller that was shot on Tuesday during a robbery has lost the twins she was carrying. The gunman aimed at her abdomen when he fired his gun.

The babies were not hit by the bullet that entered Katherin Shuffield during the Tuesday morning robbery at Huntington Bank in Inianapolis. Mrs. Shuffield remains in [...]