NATION
Right-wing Ann Coulter delivered a shocking statement while appearing on Donny Deutsch's cable show last week. While Deutsch and Coulter were discussing Israel and Iran, Coulter made the statement that "Christians just want Jews to be perfected." This created an uproar across the nation. The notion of "Perfected Jews" relates to the phrase "completed Jews," which arose during the '60s and '70s. This phrase was used to describe groups such as Jews for Jesus and other organizations that focused on Semitic peoples coming to Christ. Coulter's statement was taken as highly offensive by Jews and other Americans, however.
Newsweek. 5 November 2007. 18.
HEALTH
According to experts, the amount of allergies among children are increasing at an alarming rate. One theory for the cause of this rise of allergies is nicknamed the "hygiene hypothesis." Some theorists say that our country has become too clean, killing many bacteria that fight foreign invaders in our bodies. A recent study even shows that children born by a C-section are forty percent more likely to have high allergic reactions to many different substances. The study states that this is due to the inexposure to bacteria in the mother's birth canal. Many children must now carry EpiPens to lunch with them in order to treat all to common allergic reactions to foods. An experiment to prevent/cure food allergies is currently being tested. It involves introducing the body to small doses of the allergic substance in order to build up an immunity to it.
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