Split Christmas into two holidays and keep ExcessiveMas
A writer argues for dividing the Christmas season into a religious observance and a secular ExcessiveMas for gift giving, parties, and revelry. The piece weighs secularizing Christmas to allow broad participation while warning the ACLU about church state issues.
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Wall Street Journal
Salvation Army
ACLU
Boehner Declines to Quit House Leadership
Rep John Boehner said he will not resign from Congress after losing the House leadership post in the election. J C Watts replaced him as conference chairman by a 121 93 vote while Boehner hinted at other options and supported impeaching President Clinton if required.
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John Boehner
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Congress
J.C. Watts
Okla
Hamilton Republican
Republican Conference
Boehner
Newt Gringrich
Hamilton Journal-News
Newt
White House
Clinton
House Judiciary Committee
Ohio bar exam toughens. lawyers question passing standard
Ohio has raised the bar for lawyers seeking admission. Capital University Law School Dean Steven Bahis voices concern that the exam shift has made it one of the hardest to pass and may bar many practicing attorneys from meeting new minimum standards. Toledo lawyer Thomas Pletz notes focus on ensuring passing candidates meet essential knowledge, not relative ease.
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Columbus
Ohio
Steven Bahis
Capital University Law School
Bahis
Thomas Pletz
Toledo
Ohio Supreme Courts Bar Examiners Board
Debate over farm subsidies in low grain era
In northwest Ohio a typical farmer with about 1000 acres stands to receive over 51000 from federal subsidies this year plus loans, the highest subsidy in 15 years. Farmers rely on aid for profit while hog producers protest, as corn wheat and soy prices hit decade lows around 1988 1991 1990 respectively.
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Toledo
Northwest Ohio
John Gaynor
Federal Farm Service Agency
Fulton
Lucas Counties
Blade
Red Limes
Wood County
Herb Smith
God Acres
Temperance
Mich
Farm employment to shrink in Ohio 10.8 percent
Ohio farmers face a lonelier future as a forecast from the Ohio Bureau of Employment Services projects a 10.8 percent drop in farm employment from 1996 to 2006, shrinking from 109,900 to about 88,700 workers. Charlie Nash warns consolidations and price slumps will worsen the trend.
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Columbus
Ohio Farmers Union
Charlie Nash
Ohio Bureau of Employment Services
Ohio
Breast cancer survivor wins insurance appeal
Columbus resident Linda Kerns, once told a transplant was experimental, celebrated after medical tests showed no cancer and Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield approved payment for her March bone marrow transplant. The bills reached about 275000, with several doctors backing the treatment.
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Columbus
Linda Kerns
Anthem Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Arthur G. James
Ohio State University
Anthem
Kerns
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