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If social and political conservatives tend to be more cautious about Pan-European institutions than those on the left, this week provided another example why. The European Court of Human Rights overturned French court rulings that prevented a single lesbian woman from adopting a child. The decision sets a precedent...
Indeed, Tuesday's ruling, in many ways, represents a back door to equal treatment. Franck Tanguy, spokesman for France's Association of Gay and Lesbian Parents, says "this ruling is a step in the right direction" in that it "requires countries that, like France, allow singles to adopt children to...
This kind of thing has precedent. In 1997 the album The Buena Vista Social Club hit big with a sound defunct even in its native Cuba. In 2000 the old-timey twang of the Coen Brothers' film O Brother, Where Art Thou? grabbed a handful of Grammys. How do you...
Have you ever been found responsible for a disciplinary violation at an educational institution that you have attended…whether related to academic misconduct or behavioral misconduct that resulted in your probation, suspension, removal, dismissal, or expulsion from the institution? Have you ever been convicted of a misdemeanor, felony...
To push the transition to a cleaner, more efficient economy - the Plan B economy - Brown argues for a worldwide carbon tax to be phased in at $20 per ton each year between 2008 and 2020, topping out at $240 per ton. That might seem excessive, but Brown points out that...