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Study: Young Israelis Leaning More Conservative
By Linda Gradstein - AOL NewsJERUSALEM -- A survey released today finds young Israelis are moving to the right politically, as peace talks with the Palestinians remain stalled and the Middle East erupts around them. The study finds that 60 percent of Jewish teenagers between the ages of 15 and 18 prefer "strong" leaders to the rule of law. It also finds that in cases where state security and democratic values conflict, 70 percent of teenagers believe security should come first. Ariel Schalit, AP Israeli settlers and their supporters wave Israeli flags March 13 in Tel Aviv as they protest the killing of five ...
The Revised Concussion Rulebook: What It Means for Kids and Contact Sports
By Katie Drummond - AOL News(Nov. 2) -- Concussions, no matter how minor the symptoms, need to be a top medical priority for young athletes, their coaches and their parents. That's the bottom line from a top medical advisory board, which Monday issued a rigorous new set of recommendations on the management of concussive injuries. After months of debate over the proper handling of concussions, especially among teenage football players, the American Academy of Neurology has published a position paper on the issue. What's the AAN's key point? That concussions can be lifelong injuries with incredibly serious implications ...
Opinion: It's Too Late for Obama to Fire Up Young Voters
By Michael Arceneaux - AOL News
(Oct. 28) -- You'd think that the under-30 crowd would be displaying an unprecedented amount of interest in this non-presidential election year. After all, an election season featuring former teen witches, bestiality-loving bigots and ex-felons, to say nothing of the impact it will have on the remainder of President Barack Obama's historic first term, should be stoking their excitement. But it's not. Some polls suggest that the youth of America appear to be about as interested in voting this year as Charlie Sheen is invested in maintaining a low profile. A recent study released by the ...
Top 5 Most Dubious Claims in Beloit College's Class of '14 'Mindset List'
By Jordan Carr - AOL News(Aug. 17) -- Every year since 1998, Wisconsin's Beloit College has released its "Mindset List" with the stated intention of informing college professors of the cultural touchstones of the incoming class. It is arguably more successful at making the youth seem like snotty, self-centered egomaniacs who know nothing of anything outside of their immediate experience, and professors like dusty geezers painfully struggling to keep in touch with what's cool today. The 2014 edition, out today, makes 75 separate claims about today's college freshmen, running the gamut from "Few in the class know how ...
88-Year-Old Alleged Nazi Guard Charged in Youth Court
By not in system - AOL NewsBERLIN (July 29) -- A suspected former Nazi death camp guard has been charged in a German youth court because he was a minor at the time -- meaning a 88-year-old suspect could be brought to trial as an adolescent and face a more lenient sentence, a judicial official said Thursday. Samuel Kunz, the world's third most wanted Nazi suspect, is charged with participating in the murder of 430,000 Jews at Belzec death camp in occupied Poland. He was 20 years old when he allegedly started working there as a guard in January 1942. According to German law, people between 18 and 21 can be brought to ...
GOP Youth Convention Aims to Energize Republican Campaigns
By Malathi Nayak - Politics DailyRecognizing the importance of young voters in the midterm elections, conservative youth groups will converge in Washington this weekend to map out a youth agenda for the Republican Party. "Our objective is to bring students from all over the nation together to compromise on an agenda similar to the 1994 Contract with America," said Frank Williams, a college student from California and director of the GOP Youth Convention. He said the agenda will then be distributed on campuses across the nation to garner support for the Republican Party. In preparation for the convention, students held ...
75 Percent of Young Americans Are Unfit for Military Duty
By Andrea Stone - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- Are America's youth too fat, dumb or dishonest to defend the nation against its enemies? The latest Army statistics show a stunning 75 percent of military-age youth are ineligible to join the military because they are overweight, can't pass entrance exams, have dropped out of high school or had run-ins with the law. So many young people between the prime recruiting ages of 17 and 24 cannot meet minimum standards that a group of retired military leaders is calling for more investment in early childhood education to combat the insidious effects of junk food and inadequate ...
Democrats Now Boast Party ID Edge
By Tony Romm - Politics DailyA new Gallup poll released Friday foretells of significant electoral difficulties for the demographically-challenged Republican Party: Democrats now possess a party identification advantage across every age group, from 18- to 85-years-old. ...
Pooh-Poohing the Youth
By Matt Singer - Politics DailyIn the online New York Times yesterday, Adam Nagourney took a swing at the youth vote, denying claims that youth would help propel Obama to the nomination. His derision was quickly picked up by the right-wing blog Real Clear Politics, who closed with the lovely advice, "Rule of thumb: Stick with issues that seniors care about."Big problem with all of this: Young people do vote. The biggest myth of the youth vote is that today's young people are behaving the same as the eligible young voters of a decade ago. ...
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