Social Issues

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ifeminists August 10, 2005 Wendy McElroy	Parental Rights vs. Public Schools A father is scheduled to go on trial on for asking his son's public school to provide parental notification before discussing homosexuality with the 6-year old. The actual charge is criminal trespassing. But the real issue is whether parents or schools will control the teaching of values to children.
ifeminists August 10, 2005 Carey Roberts	Restraining Orders for Abusive Grandmas? When lawmakers return from their August recess, one of their first orders of business will be to take up the Violence Against Women Act, the bill that fuels the use of restraining orders around the country. Let's hope they don't forget all the grandparents looking forward to seeing their grandchildren.
ifeminists August 10, 2005 Tony Zizza	A Decade Later, Fatherless America Remains Problematic There are some uncomfortable truths most people are afraid to admit. That is, the primary reason why stepfamilies end and stepfathers "disengage" from their stepchildren is because sometimes stepchildren make the the poor choice to not accept the stepfather as a parent.
InternetNews August 8, 2005 Naomi Graychase	Boulder Gets Solar-Powered Wi-Fi An ex-military contractor has created a deploy-anywhere, run-anytime wireless network system that runs on solar power.
Geotimes August 2005	Hurricane Outlook Updated With high activity early in the season, in addition to ripe oceanic and atmospheric conditions, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) revised its hurricane outlook. The new outlook indicates an increase in the number of expected hurricanes.
Scientific American August 2005 Marguerite Holloway	When Extinct Isn't Questioning the term after the ivory-billed woodpecker's return.
PC Magazine August 3, 2005 Sebastian Rupley	Global Piracy Factories CD-burning factories, street sales of pirated CDs, and many other avenues for pirates constitute a big problem, with the top ten countries where piracy is at unacceptable levels are Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Pakistan, Paraguay, Russia, Spain, and Ukraine.
Reason August 2005 Peter Bagge	A Menace to Society A satirical cartoon depicting sick people who smoke pot to get better, and our government's tireless efforts to stop them.
BusinessWeek August 15, 2005 Laura Cohn	For London, What Price Olympic Security? After the bombings, London's security cost estimate for the 2012 games seems way too low.
BusinessWeek August 15, 2005	Social Responsibility: Do the Right Thing Home Depot's Robert Nardelli says corporations have the reach, means, and responsibility to give something important back to communities.
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