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Female Muslim supporters were told, "because of the political climate in the world, it's not good to be seen on TV or associated with Obama."

From the Liberals Hurt Our Kids File. Via the Washington Post. Fairfax County School Board members said they are likely to abandon a staff report that showed racial and ethnic gaps in some measures of student behavior, including in the demonstration of "sound moral character and ethical judgment." The board had delayed an April vote to approve the report after concerns were raised that findings were based on subjective measures, such as elementary report card data, and that they would fuel negative stereotypes. [snip] The school system's report was an early attempt to measure progress on a host of goals...

Striving to Be Politically Incorrect by Arlene Peck Mar 10, '04 / 17 Adar 5764 To all of you who've written in to tell me how politically incorrect I am, let me take this opportunity to thank you. Most times, I think that we, in the United States, just don't "get it". What does it take to realize that the Arabs have a plan and we don't? The plan being once they destroy the Saturday people, then the Sunday crowd is next. All this kissy-feely, being nice, political behavior and the giving in to the ACLU and "human rights" groups...

The newspaper serving Lincoln, Neb., will no longer call the Washington Redskins by their official name. "Out of respect for native people," the newspaper wrote on Tuesday, "we'll call that team 'Washington.'" Kathleen Rutledge, the editor of the Lincoln Journal Star, told readers Tuesday, "We will no longer use "Redskins" or "Skins" because it is a racial slur. It derives from an old, genocidal practice in this country of scalping Indians to earn a bounty. A bounty hunter could prove he had killed an Indian by turning in a scalp." Rutledge said the newspaper also has stopped printing Native American...

How do you say "class" in Chinese? Yao Ming, the new 22-year-old National Basketball Association sensation, imported from mainland China, recently gave athletes, reporters and America a lesson in poise and grace – except the display did not take place on the basketball court. Shaquille O'Neal, Los Angeles Lakers all-star center, six months ago on a nationally televised sports show, said in response to a question about the Houston Rockets' new center, "Tell Yao Ming, 'Ching-chong-yang-wah-ah-soh.'" Nothing happened until recently, when an Asian newspaper wrote about O'Neal's remarks and accused him of racism. O'Neal brushed aside the charge, "I said...

In the old movie, The Commancheros, the beautiful character called Pillar observed: “In every successful relationship, one party is dominate and the other is subservient.” By virtue of His right as Creator, God has decreed that men function as leaders - both in the home, and in the church (cf. 1 Cor. 11:3; Eph. 5:22-23; 1 Tim. 2:12ff). There is no doubt that in the past many men have abused this relationship. Some (even among professed Christians) have mistreated women and degraded them shamefully. This hurtful disposition is not the fault of the Bible; it is a violation of biblical...

EXCLUSIVE No more Fag Four Beatles One for the road ... Beatle Paul McCartney with a cigarette in his hand on the original 1969 album cover By SIMON WHEELER THE classic Beatles’ Abbey Road album cover showing the band on a zebra crossing has been altered – to remove the cigarette in Paul McCartney’s hand. The original image shows a barefoot Macca third in line holding his ciggie. The 1969 photo has been a poster best-seller since it was shot near Abbey Road studios in North London, where the Fab Four recorded most of their music. But companies including...

The Google “Gag” Order by Jared Jackson Google.com retaliates against the Christian Courier’s “The Progressively Aggressive ‘Gay’ Movement” article. No better example of aggressive behavior could be cited. Several months ago, we started a teaching campaign using the Google Ad words mechanism. Last week, all of our ads were removed because someone at Google became incensed with our opposition to homosexual conduct. Google Adwords is an advertising program promoted by the Google search engine enterprise (www.google.com). The Google Adwords program allows a client to target content on its web site directly to a select market. It accomplishes this by allowing...

<p>Today is Ithaca Police Chief Rick Basile's last day on the job. In his five years as the city's top cop, Basile helped make Ithaca a better, safer place, be it pushing for departmental diversity or creating some order out of Senior Week chaos.</p>