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Suit Over School’s Curriculum on Islam Survives Motion To Dismiss On Pleadings

Hilsenrath v. School District of the Chathams, (D NJ, June 13, 2018), involves a disagreement between a school board and a parent over whether the curriculum in the middle school World Cultures and Geography course unconstitutionally promotes or endorses Islam. According to the court:plaintiff...

Ask Well: Can a Bar of Soap Transmit Infection?

Ask Well: Can a Bar of Soap Transmit Infection?

And would a jar of liquid soap be a better bet than bar soap? Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/22/well/can-a-bar-of-soap-transmit-infection.html?partner=rss

Trump flips on North Korea, declaring country still an ‘extraordinary threat’

President extended the ‘national emergency’ for one year in an executive order, re-authorizing economic restrictionsDonald Trump has declared that North Korea still poses an “extraordinary threat” to the United States, just days after saying that the country’s nuclear program no longer constituted...

On Mental Illness

On Mental Illness

A couple weeks ago, I started crying to Alex at the kitchen counter… I felt the monkey of depression on my back. “I think it’s coming,” I wept to Alex, as he stood by the stove.… Read more The post On Mental Illness appeared first on A Cup of Jo. Source:...

Phys Ed: For Survivors of Childhood Cancer, Walk

Phys Ed: For Survivors of Childhood Cancer, Walk

Regular exercise, such as brisk walking for an hour, improved long-term survival in those who had childhood cancers. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/20/well/childhood-cancer-survival-deaths-exercise.html?partner=rss