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On Alienating the Neighbors

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Because she was very busy with finals, she left Izzy with her parents, who had never had a dog in their lives (she said it was a cultural thing--they're from Haiti and don't have the same relationship with dogs as we do in the United States, and having been to Haiti I know what she's talking about). Any advice?

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November is. Awareness Month

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Haiti doesn't allow people from the Church of the Latter-Day Saints to adopt. Is raising a good citizen of the planet more important than the carbon footprints of two vegans who live relatively modest lives? Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics. There are oodles of variables regarding available children, as well. Others don't.

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We Interrupt Regularly Scheduled.

Animal Person

These people were certain that Haiti’s president Jean-Bertrand Aristide had been ousted by the CIA in 2004 because he proposed a minimum wage increase, like Zelaya’s. Haiti and Honduras have always set the bottom line for minimum wages. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Economics Ethics.