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Too many American children are being raised by parents who have inherited a 1960s mindset -- the one that jettisoned important qualities such as discipline and faith -- and cast aside important institutions vital to this country's success and security. As a result, the ignorance and even the sins of the parents now are being visited upon children. A recent Kaiser Family Foundation study determined that many children are exposed daily to over eight hours of TV, video games, computers and other media. A generation ago many parents set strict limits on TV viewing. Too few do that now. Moreover,...

While President Bush and Sen. John Kerry may be neck and neck in presidential election polls, if it were up to pupils from Department of Defense Dependents Schools in Europe, Bush would win by a landslide. Pupils from all grades in many schools in Europe have been participating in mock elections or other election week events. Votes at many of the participating schools put Bush ahead, some by margins of up to 2-to-1. Of schools and districts contacted, only the Heidelberg District’s online voting program, which had 99 votes cast as of Thursday afternoon, had Kerry over Bush with 55...

<p>SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Disgusted by what they see as the extinction of the all-male Southern military college, some graduates want to build one of their own, based on the way The Citadel and Virginia Military Institute used to be.</p>

A new Tennessee-based, all-male military school hopes to bring back the traditions of the original Virginia Military Institute by focusing on Christian principles and teaching the history and heritage of the Deep South. Flag of the Southern Military Institute. The Southern Military Institute – founded Aug. 20, 1997, by Dr. Michael J. Guthrie, a 1977 VMI graduate – is still in the planning and organizational stages, but officials say they are seeking qualified student applicants and will break ground on a new campus as soon as land can be procured. "Realistically, it will probably be fall 2004 before we begin...