The major parts of the new health care reform law won’t go into effect until 2014 or later, with some kicking in during 2012. But some measures go into effect either now or in a few months: Indoor tanning salons will charge customers a 10
The major parts of the new health care reform law won’t go into effect until 2014 or later, with some kicking in during 2012. But some measures go into effect either now or in a few months: Indoor tanning salons will charge customers a 10
The religious freedom organization Forum 18 tells of a police attack on a Lutheran church outside of Moscow: Police in the town of Kaluga south-west of the Russian capital Moscow raided the Sunday morning service of St George’s Lutheran congregation on 28 February, Kaluga police,
The divorce rate has gone down ever since the recession started. Couples can’t afford to split up. It doesn’t make sense anymore to fight over who gets the house when the mortgage is underwater. Not that marriages have necessarily gotten stronger. From 20% to 25%
President Obama’s executive order preventing federal money from paying for abortions in the new national health care system may not be much of a safeguard. But it’s surely significant that pro-lifers had the political clout to get one, while the pro-abortionists, despite a huge majority
ACORN, the leftwing community organizing outfit, is shutting down. It was so discredited by the conservative pranksters who filmed workers giving advice on how to set up prostitution rings that it can no longer raise money, either from private sources or the federal government. See
Google may have stopped being evil, deciding to stop kow-towing to still-Communist China’s demands that it block searches on forbidden topics, such as “Tiananminh Square” and “Tibet.” Why? Google is responding to what appears to be a Chinese attempt to hack into its operations and
In a straight up vote (not using the “deem and pass” dodge), the final tally was 219 for to 212 against. It took 216 to win. The difference was the 6 pro-life Democrats who agreed to vote for the bill if the President would sign
For a useful summary of the provisions of our new national health care system, see A look at the health care overhaul bill – washingtonpost.com. Here are some highlights: COST: $940 billion over 10 years, according to the Congressional Budget Office. HOW MANY COVERED: 32
Well, not exactly, even if the claims are verified. From ‘Shakespeare’s lost play’ no hoax, says expert | Culture | guardian.co.uk: It has thrills, spills, sword fights, violent sexual assault and – to modern ears – a terrible ending, but the little-known 18th century play