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Wall Street Journal debate on “panty hose”; many managers asking that they be worn during work hours as regular dress attire. Required to wear panty hose at the Mid-American Insurance Company (President Jim Holt) Panty Hose in Kansas. Have dress codes really changed so that woman can work in the office without panty hose? What if you office manager made a ‘dress code’ requirement for panty hose? Is it like requiring a neck tie for men? The reason for woman to not wear is they are “too hot” and they “itch”. Men talk the same about neck ties; they are too hot and they are uncomfortable. The article was in the Wall Street Journal and today’s “Good Morning America”. Are bare legs too racy to wear to the office?
A well-connected authority in the evangelical world said in an interview this week that Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama could get up to 40 percent of the evangelical vote. The fascination with the charismatic Illinois senator combined with evangelicals’ effort to not be seen as an appendage of the Republican Party could swing evangelical voters in Obama’s favor, predicted Mark DeMoss – a prominent public relations executive whose clients include Focus on the Family, Franklin Graham, and Campus Crusade for Christ – to Beliefnet.com. “I will not be surprised if he gets one third of the evangelical vote,” DeMoss said in the interview. “I wouldn’t be surprised if it was 40 percent.”
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"Textbook editors try to avoid any subject that could turn into a political grenade," wrote
An analysis of cohabitation, marriage and divorce data from 13 countries, including the USA, shows that living together has become so mainstream that growing numbers of Americans view it as an alternative to marriage. The National Marriage Project study of a sampling of Western European and Scandinavian nations, Australia, Canada and New Zealand found that cohabitation elsewhere is far more common and indeed viewed as an option to matrimony. The study found that anywhere from 15% to 30% of all couples identified themselves as living together, compared with about 10% right now in the USA.
Teenagers having rough time getting work this year. “Congress is to blame. Last year Congressional Democrats passed the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007, which started a phased hike of the minimum wage from $5.15 an hour to $7.25. Free market economists warned them that this would increase unemployment - that rapid increases in unemployment compensation hit teens and minorities the hardest. But the class-warriors are running the people’s house now, and they would hear none of that, so they took to the floor, let loose the dogs of demagoguery, and saddled America’s pizza parlors, municipal swimming pools, house painting businesses and lawn mowing services with a huge cost increase
.”How often we feel compelled to intervene and “do the fishing” for our kids! We see their struggles! We have the answers! We’ve fished these waters before! We know the fish by name and we know exactly how to navigate the murky water that seems so foreign to our children. We hate to see their frustration. We hate to see their failure. After all, we know how to catch the fish! The problem is, as frustrated as they are, they don’t really want us to catch the fish for them. What they really want and need is for us to help them see the fish for themselves so they can catch them on their own!
Voting is as American as mom and apple pie – the more votes cast, the better for democracy, right? Not necessarily. Efforts to gradually increase California's pool of voters by targeting young teenagers are splitting the Capitol along party lines. Democrats support, Republicans oppose. Jim Sanders in the
Group will ask school officials for access to high school facilities. But some say their message is controversial. Seema Mehta in the
Targeting inexperienced motorists, several states have passed laws during the past five years restricting cell-phone use by teenage drivers. But an insurance industry study being released today that looks at whether teens are ignoring such restrictions contends that enforcement and parental influence are just as important as new laws. Ken Thomas
Overshadowed by state politics and a high-profile governor, Sacramento cannot seem to shake its reputation as a cow town, despite being the capital of California.
Restaurants, fast-food chains and supermarkets across Southern California removed fresh red Roma, plum and red round tomatoes from their shelves and took them off their menus this weekend as the U.S. government warned of a widening outbreak of salmonella. E. Scott Reckard in the
Spouses for life. The pronouncement couldn't be simpler. Yet, when the words are uttered in county buildings throughout California beginning next week, they will ring across the country as a rallying cry in the pitched fight over gay marriage. Bobby Caina Calvan in the
As widely predicted, voter turnout sank to a record low watermark Tuesday as a paltry fifth of the state's registered voters cast ballots. But the vast majority of those who did vote opted for mail-in ballots rather than going to the polls. The lopsided results are fueling talk of running mail-only elections at times of scant voter interest. Lisa Vorderbrueggen in the
Feinstein may file bill to help teen facing deportation -- Arthur Mkoyan, a high school valedictorian who may be deported to Armenia this month, is counting on letters of support from across the state and nation to help him. Vanessa Colon in the
It started with four older girls calling her vulgar names, one pouring a bottle of water on her head, then yanking a fistful of hair from her scalp - right in the Los Gatos High School cafeteria. Sharon Noguchi in the
This much is certain: Gas will never be cheap again. Weeks of record-setting prices for gasoline - which reached $4.42 a gallon in California on Saturday - have helped cement that notion. Matt Nauman in the
As society hurtles forward in an age of instant messaging and one-click shopping, motorists paradoxically find themselves moored between bumpers for hours a day, with a psychic toll that experts are still trying to tally. Christopher Goffard in the
