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The Boy Scouts and the atheists
Change of SubjectFrom Sunday's print column, which features another collection of dispatches from Somebody Nobody Asked™, America's pre-eminent unsolicited advice columnist Dear Boy Scouts of America: All signs suggest that your national board will lift the long-... -
Eagle Scout's Letter
Blogging with Bill WhiteMy column Saturday will focus on a letter that an area Eagle Scout wrote to the Boy Scouts of America, protesting its anti-gay policies and accompanied by the return of his Eagle Scout medal. Unfortunately, space didn't permit the use...... -
Former Lake Zurich worker files sex harassment suit
A woman who said she worked for Lake Zurich for 14 years as a parks and recreation employee is suing the village for more than $450,000 in relation to "multiple forms of harassment and discrimination," including sexual harassment, according to the...Tags: Justice System, Lake Zurich, Sex Crimes, Lawyers, Laws
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Gender equality takes step in combat
Recently, the secretary of defense announced that the long-standing ban on women in combat is to be overturned. A story on Aberdeen News.com reported, “hundreds of thousands of military jobs previously closed to female service members” will...Tags: Minority Groups, U.S. Military, Colleges and Universities, Iraq War (2003-2011), Social Issues
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Commission investigating Conemaugh Township harassment claim
Staff WriterThe U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is investigating a sexual discrimination claim filed by a former office manager at the Conemaugh Township Municipal Authority. Shelli Lysic, who began working for the authority in December 2010, claims...Tags: Unemployment, Sex Crimes, Career and Workplace, Economy, Business and Finance, Employment
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'Pride and Prejudice' still relevant 200 years later
Daily American Staff Writer"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife." This is the opening sentence of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice," one of the most famous opening lines of any novel written. "Pride...Tags: Meg Ryan, Tom Hanks, Arts and Culture, Jane Austen
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Some patients won't see nurses of different race
DETROIT (AP) — It's been called one of medicine's "open secrets" — allowing patients to refuse treatment by a doctor or nurse of another race. In the latest example, a white man with a swastika tattoo insisted that black nurses not be...
Tags: Minority Groups, Internists, Fordham University, Detroit Free Press, Nursing Homes
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Voting Rights Act still important
Since 2010, Republicans in more than a dozen states, including Texas, have enacted laws either making voting harder, especially for minorities, or locking in GOP election gains with gerrymandered congressional and legislative redistricting. That makes...Tags: Minority Groups, Justice System, Voting, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice
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Eagle Scout returned his medal over gay policy
You probably won't be surprised to learn that some readers disagreed with my recent column about the Boy Scouts of America. I suggested that the Scouts are on the wrong side of history as they cling to their traditional position that gay people aren't...Tags: Clubs and Associations, Paraguay, Youth Organizations, Social Organizations, Peace Corps
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Orlando-area Rep. Saunders files anti-discrimination bill
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — State Rep. Joe Saunders, D-Orlando, and Rep. Holly Raschein, R-Key Largo, filed legislation Friday that would update non-discrimination work laws to protect to include protections for sexual orientation and gender identity. “This... -
Words with negative power
In its never-ending effort to avoid misleading language in news coverage, The Associated Press Stylebook has decided to declare Islamophobia, homophobia and presumably other non-clinical uses of the word "phobia" to be a new taboo. What's the problem?...
Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Tribune Tower, Manhattan (New York City), Fox News Channel (tv network), YMCA
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It's 2013, when dreams may yet come true
New Year's Day is a time for reassessment and renewal — and hoping the next year is an improvement over the messy rat race that was the last one. On that note, The Times has a tradition of reserving this page on this day for our own, often...
Tags: U.S. Military, U.S. Department of Justice, Arrested Development (tv program) , Voting, Los Angeles Dodgers
Feb 1, 2013
| Chicago Tribune
Feb 15, 2013
| Allentown Morning Call
Feb 1, 2013
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Jan 28, 2013
|Story| Aberdeen News
Jan 25, 2013
|Story| Daily American
Jan 25, 2013
|Story| Daily American
Feb 22, 2013
|Story| WSBT-TV
Feb 22, 2013
|Story| Aberdeen News
Feb 15, 2013
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
Feb 8, 2013
| Orlando Sentinel
Dec 5, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Jan 1, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
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