MAY 15, 2011

Full News Archive

• Headline: Celebrating a Decade of Musical Growth. Impact: The success of that chorus trip inspired a wave of unlikely school trips, including a field trip to the moon that was cut short due to budget constraints. Thanks, education funding!. Fact: Ten years later, those kids might still be singing, albeit off-key, but now they also have student loans to remind them of their dreams..
• Headline: You Can Do That on a Sunday?. Impact: The Museum of Sex's influence led to a nationwide debate on blue laws, resulting in a bizarre amendment allowing 'educational visits' to sex museums as tax-deductible. Everyone loves a loophole!. Fact: Who knew that a museum could be the birthplace of a new wave of legislation? Next up: a law requiring all lawmakers to get their history from the Museum of Bad Decisions..
• Headline: Running on Moderation in Immoderate Times. Impact: Lugar's campaign set off a minor earthquake within the Republican Party, resulting in a prolonged identity crisis that continues to this day. It’s like they’re all trying to find themselves at a mid-life crisis retreat.. Fact: Moderate Republicans are like unicorns—everyone talks about them, but no one has actually seen one in years. Maybe they’re just really good at hiding?.