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A Full Moon, Werewolves, and Betrayed Love

Jane Minogue | Posted 10.19.2009 | Entertainment

Werewolves are in the news these days, so let's analyze a story of werewolves, love, and betrayal circa 1180 from Marie de France.

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A Champagne Toast to the 50 percent Who Stay Married

Jane Minogue | Posted 09.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Romantic Love, Marriage, Adultery, Medieval, Divorce, Stephanie Coontz, Up, Love, Australian National University, August, Separation, National Center for Health, Living News

Here's a toast to those couples who got married this month and to those in the 50 percent that have stayed married.

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French Delights Overshadow Economic Slump, Uncertainty

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 09.10.2009 | World

Read More: Mont St. Michel, MuséE Des Impressionismes, Val D’Europe, French, Sophia Loren, Dom Perignon, Princess Grace, Crayfish, Oysters, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Normandy, Paris, Belgian, Coke, Afp, Hervé Novelli, Euro Disney, Champagne Region, French Fries, Christian Dior, MoëT Et Chandon, Louvre Museum, Granville, Japanese, Wwii, Economist Intelligence Unit, Mona Lisa, Napoleon Bonaparte, France, Lobsters, Eiffel Tower, Medieval, Ile De France, Youtube, Place Du Tertre, Montmartre, MuséE EugèNe Delacroix, Mussels, Claude Monet, James Bond, Notre-Dame De Reims, Gothic, Scriptorial, Provins, Avranches, Epernay, Reims, Marne-La-ValéE-Chessy, Giverny, World News

France may be in a slump, with a hyper-kinetic president intent on structural reforms to counter mounting deficits, but it remains the number one international destination for visitors offering more delights than can be fathomed on a 20-day visit.

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Joining Together Those Whose Love Dare Not Speak its Name

Jane Minogue | Posted 07.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Homosexuality, Medieval, Bestiaries, LGBT Pride Month, Homosexuality and Religion, Civil Unions, Homosexual Rights, John Bowsell, Same-Sex Marriage, Homophobe, Living News

The irrationality and endurance of the intolerance of homosexuality really defies precise explanation, as does intolerance of Jews.

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Omnigamy, anyone?

Jane Minogue | Posted 06.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Omnigamy, Polygamy, Samuel Delaney, Medieval, Human Sexuality, Stephanie Coontz, Polygamists, Bigamy, Marriage, California Gay Marriage, Evan Wolfson, Abraham Lincoln, Animal Sexuality, Bestiality, Love, Gay Marriage, Andrew Cherlin, Charlemagne, Living News

Stop debating whether or not gay marriage will open the door to polygamy and bestiality, and understand that marriage is an ever-changing arrangement to meet individual, social, cultural, and religious needs.

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So Cal Chronicles Suburban-Style

Jane Minogue | Posted 06.06.2009 | Style

Read More: Suburbs, Elderly, Women's Rights, Widowhood, Medieval, Suburbia, Magna Carta, Alcoholism, Racism, Widows, Style News

At the checkout in front of me was a frail, elderly lady in a gray sweat suit. Her liver-spotted hands shook as she put 2 jugs of wine onto the counter. One red, one white. Her drugs of choice.

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Traditional Marriage and the Straw-Horse Argument

Jane Minogue | Posted 05.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Marriage, Traditional Marriage, Traditions, Medieval, Human Sexuality, Horses, Ireland, Sacraments, Animal Sexuality, Bestiality, Love, Sexuality, Politics News

"If we change traditional marriage, it's a slippery slope," said the man at the table next to me. "Soon we'll have people marrying animals." I'm not aware of any man-horse association that's lobbying Congress or state governments to allow bestiality.

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YouTube Lancelots and Guineveres

Jane Minogue | Posted 05.18.2009 | Media

Read More: Rick-Wakeman, Adultery, Medieval, King Arthur, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Youtube, Fanvids, Lancelot, Arthuriana, Guinevere, Monty Python, Media News

The YouTube Lancelots and Guineveres continue the medieval tradition of taking a story and adapting it to one's preferences.

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Rutting Teens...It Must be Spring

Jane Minogue | Posted 05.07.2009 | Style

Read More: Adolescents, Teen Sex, Medieval, Sex, Privacy, Teenagers, Style News

They were doing it in the spring sunshine yesterday afternoon. A young boy and girl were doing it on a chaise down by the pool area that we share with about 30 other homes.

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Prostitutes, Wages, and Wives: Part II

Jane Minogue | Posted 05.02.2009 | Style

Read More: Women and Politics, Marriage, Women's Rights, Women, Prostitution, Medieval, Women's Issues, Style News

Improved education and economic prospects for women go much further than moral denunciation to decrease prostitution.

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Gypsy Brides on Sale and the Money Side of Traditional Matrimony

Jane Minogue | Posted 04.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Marriage, Matrimony, Medieval, Traditions, Money, Gypsy, Love, Family, Chaucer, Living News

Marriage compromises love because marriage is a commercial arrangement; it can involve an exchange where people are considered as commodities.

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Medieval 'Vampire' Skull Found Near Venice

Huffington Post | Jessica Gusman | Posted 04.11.2009 | World

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The skull of a "vampire" has been found near Venice among the corpses of 16th century plague victims, reports LiveScience. The leader of the archaeol...

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Marriage: What's Love Got to Do With It?

Jane Minogue | Posted 04.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Marriage, Medieval, Love, Gay Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage, Living News

If we add love to the definition of marriage, the Merriam-Webster entry could be "the state of being united to a person in a loving, consensual and contractual relationship recognized by law."

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The Ever-Changing Definition of Marriage

Jane Minogue | Posted 03.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Marriage, Gay Marriage Rights, Medieval, Civil Unions, Gay Marriage, Living News

As someone involved in medieval studies -- yes, medieval studies -- who looks at love and marriage, I can tell you that regulating human sexual behavior has always been a battleground.

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The $36,000 Christmas Pageant

Rev. Astrid Storm | Posted 01.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Mystery Plays, Pageant, Religion, Holidays, Church, Medieval, Children, Christmas, Christianity, Living News

Ever wonder to lengths to which churches will go to put on the perfect Christmas pageant? When I decided to write a piece on it for Slate magazine, I...

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Objects in Mirror Seem More Relevant Than They Appear.

Aemilia Scott | Posted 12.15.2008 | Green

Read More: Detroit Automakers, History, Medieval, General Motors, Bailout, Magna Carta, Alternative Energy, Economy, Detroit Three, Electric Cars, Henry Paulson, Cars, Future of General Motors, Green Energy, Ford Motor Co, Green News

What should Washington do when the Motor City begs for oil? The question, it seems, is not "to bail out or not to bail out." The question is how to bailout.

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The Pint Lives On: EU Caves To Allow 'Imperial Measurements'

New York Times | DAN BILEFSKY | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: British, Metric System, Imperial, England, Beer, Pint, Medieval, Ireland, Britain, Irish, Home News

Britons and the Irish can still down a pint of beer, walk a mile, covet an ounce of gold and eat a pound of bananas after the European Union ruled tod...

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