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PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas welcomed Pope Benedict XVI in Bethlehem in Wednesday morning, where his gift to the Catholic leader was a part of the cement separation-security barrier that Israel built to stop suicide bombers from blowing up soldiers and civilians.

Victor Valley Union High School District Superintendent, William Weiner, said teachers need to learn to interpret their students’ body language. “Teacher should not provoke students by asking them for their homework, insisting that they take their seats, or that they refrain from using foul language,” Weiner said. “It’s their school too. We have no right to make demands on them. We can’t expect to confine them to a routine that they reject. And we certainly can’t stifle their freedom of speech just because it is inelegant.” Not all teachers are comfortable with the new “emphasis.” “They say it’s not a...

Bush should thank lazy, illiterate liberals! I was interested in how true is the idea that Democrats lose votes because people sympathetic to their views are less likely to vote, and due to high school dropouts not voting as much. Here's the breakdown of the percent who voted in the presidential election in 2000: Percent voting in 2000 Extremely liberal 60.2% Liberal 61.8 Slightly liberal 67.2 Moderates 59.9 Slightly conservative 70.2 Conservative 74.2 Extremely conservative 70.5 Look at the lazy liberals! God bless 'em! They are no more likely to vote than moderates. I was told that liberals are the...