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How would Moses handle EXODUS, the ten plagues and the flight from Egypt if he had access to the Internet? Check this out.

“THE FIRST INDICATOR THAT YOUR CHILD IS HAVING PROBLEMS IS THE DRESS CODE,” SAID SEN. ADAMS, A FORMER POLCIE CAPTAIN. “PRIOR TO THE SAGGING PANTS IT WAS SHOESTRINGS OUT OF SNEAKERS. ALL THIS COMES F

April 5, 2011 DAYTON, OH - Sister Cora-Ann, a Catholic nun from the Our Lady of Grace Monastery in Dayton, Ohio got the surprise of her life yesterday, when she was asked to leave the plane she had ju

This week marks the anniversary of my father's death. Many Americans observe this occasion by looking back at the ideals he fought for and gave his life to advance. I believe we should mark it by look

Al-Jazeera's Abderrahim Fochara and Professor Irshad Manji analyze recent violence in Afghanistan sparked by Koran burning U.S. Pastor in Florida with HARDBALL'S Chris Matthews

On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in New York City which killed 146 and prompted labor reform in the United States, HBO presents its heralded documentar

Republicans have slashed benefits for workers, the poor, single moms and children while also slashing taxes for corporations. This year America's biggest corporation, General Electric paid nothing in

In the summer of 1937, with the Dodgers holding down their familiar spot near the bottom of the National League, the cartoonist Willard Mullin drew the unforgettable image of the “Brooklyn Bum” — a po

This is a bizarre, ugly turn of events. William Cronon is a Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin. A few days ago he wrote an oped in the Times critical of Gov. Walker and his push t

Jon Stewart sparred with Fox News' Bret Baier about the position of the network as a news organization during Baier's appearance on Thursday's "Daily Show." It's not often that Fox News personaliti

"And if all others accepted the lie which the party imposed -- if all records told the same tale -- then the lie passed into history and became the truth." ~ George Orwell, 1984 (published in 1949)

On Wednesday the Republicans on the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee are holding a "public" hearingabout the Affordable Care Act (ACA) at the state capitol in Harrisburg, Penn. Except they

Over the past year, I have traveled the nation speaking to nearly 100,000 educators, parents, and school-board members. No matter the city, state, or region, those who know schools best are frightened

"Death panels" are back in the news, and Congress is turning its attention to them once again. The problem is, lawmakers are looking in all the wrong places. The House Energy and Commerce Committee

Police estimated up to 100,000 people turned out in Madison, WI yesterday to protest Gov. Scott Walker’s (R) assault on unions, making it bigger than any protests the city has witnessed, even those du

Rep. Michele Bachmann got her Revolutionary War history a bit screwed up at an event in New Hampshire today, telling the crowd: "What I love about New Hampshire and what we have in common is our extre

Despite the dubious credentials of Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., as an opponent of terrorism, owing to his years fronting for the Irish Republican Army, his controversial hearings on the “Extent of Radical

“There is nothing radical or un-American in holding these hearings,” Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., claimed Thursday as he launched his McCarthyite probe of American Muslims. He could not have been more wr

Today, Rep. Peter King (R-NY) is holding hearings in the House Homeland Security Committee singling out the Muslim American community for supposedly aiding and abetting terrorism. Rep. Keith Ellison (

Rep. Peter King (R-NY), chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, is holding hearings singling out the Muslim American community for supposedly aiding and abetting domestic radicalization and

On Thursday, House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Pete King (R-NY) will begin his hearings on “the Extent of Radicalization in the American Muslim Community.” Clinging to his McCarthy-esque para

I like teachers. My three sisters are teachers in the public schools. They are all very good teachers; Teri won teacher of the year in her district. Two of my wonderful brother-in-laws are, or have be

The jabs Erin Parker has heard about her job have stunned her. Oh you pathetic teachers, read the online comments and placards of counterdemonstrators. You are glorified baby sitters who leave work at

Serena Williams' absence from tennis could stretch to almost a year after two new health scares -- a blood clot in her lungs followed by a hematoma -- have added to her injury woes. Her agents conf