A City in Despair: Detroit Cannot Even Bury Its Dead

This is the scenario: a major US city whose economic underpinnings have virtually died, which cannot now bury its dead. For Detroit, a very pathetic fall from the powerhouse Detroit once was that spewed out guns,...

Intensive exercise may be bad for your lungs

In densely populated multi-cultural cities with online remedies and alternative health programs readily available at our fingertips people are waiting too long to see a doctor because they try home remedies first....

Taking the US Culture Wars global

Unable to stem the flood-tides of democratic pluralism and progressive politics, US evangelicals such as Pastor Rick Warren see in Africa a hot-bed of growing "business"  interests.   Using African...

Hasan Won't Plead Guilty, May Plead Insanity

Defense Attorney: Hasan Won't Plead Guilty, May Use Insanity Defense -- ABC NewsJohn Galligan, defense attorney for the Fort Hood Ramapage shooter, Hasan, stated that his client will probably plead not guilty and that an insanity defense is possible."I anticipate that the...

Billy Joe Daugherty Dead: Victory Christian Center Founder Dies

Revered Billy Joe Daugherty, the founder of Victory Christian Center of Tulsa, died Sunday after a struggle with cancer. Officials at Victory Christian Center confirmed that Billy Joe Daugherty died Sunday at...

"Get them out. Now." An OpEd columnist has a revelation

Schreiber's Revelation on our troops in Afghanistan and Iraq.  I came across this piece by journalist Jeff Schreiber ,  written this past month as the events of Fort Hood and its aftermath unfolded....

Supreme Court denies cert in valedictorian case

Caught this one just now,  which I had missed last week: The Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of a Nevada High School valedictorian whose microphone was cut when she began to speak of her Christian...

Terror Masters, Dope Dealers, and Foreign Aid Scammers

Why the US continues to ignore Pakistan's creation of, control of, and farce of a war on the Taliban, I fail to understand. And why do we continue to fund them? Baron Bodissey on the Gates of Vienna writes:  " Several years ago, while researching the extensive and...

Troops advance on Taliban bastion in differents parts

In Bajaur Agency 8 militants were killed when they attacked Pak army base in charming area. Taliban hideouts in Mamound area were destroyed in massive air strikes.  The officials claimed Killing of 13 militants. In a related development in Mamanzo village near District...

Christian women face rape, forced conversion to Muslim

" Christian teens abducted, raped and coerced into marriage and conversion to Islam does not happen in Egyptian soil alone.[12] In fact, many of them face the same abuses by the Muslim extremist in other countries too. Take Pakistan, for example. 10 years old and 12 years old...

Confounding the Interpretation of Marshall McLuhan

“The medium is the message is a phrase coined by Marshall McLuhan meaning that the form of a medium embeds itself in the message, creating a symbiotic relationship by which the medium influences how the message...

Philadelphia Marathon 2009: Results, Pics, Video From Philly

The 2009 Philadelphia Marathon took place Nov. 22, 2009. The 2009 Philly Marathon was John Crews, the first American-born male to win the race since 2000. John Crews, 25, finished the 26.2-mile Philly Marathon...

Iran war games to defend nuclear sites

I smell a new war in the air, its a war of wills or will nots, Iran shows its might because it knows it may be be attacked from the air.  Of course Iran has not got a chance and knows that this time Russia...

Murdered gay teen's Mom speaks of beloved son

* A  follow up to Now Public editor Rhonda J Mangus' excellent reporting  here,    here,  and here.  ". . . when he told me he was gay,  I said,  'Now I love you...

The sexy life of high class prostitute: the truth is...

" Life of a high class prostitute "The beauty of living in America is I can do this. I can be a business woman by using my asset. And the biggest asset is me. - Brooke Taylor (A high class prostute during her interview on msnbc.com)[1] " A sexy, classy, blond hair, blue eyes...

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