CPJ Study: Majority of Jailed Journalists are Web-based

A new study from the Committee to Protect Journalists reveals the majority of journalists in prison around the world are web-based; 45% are bloggers or web-based media- print media comprise 42% of the total. China, Cuba and Burma are the worse offenders. Many are imprisoned...

Aborigines threaten tourist ban

"Aboriginal elders are threatening to ban tourists from one of Australia's landmarks over a plan to curb child sex abuse in Aboriginal communities. The threat to close Uluru, or Ayers Rock, comes amid growing alarm. Some 50 community, church and indigenous groups are meeting...

Google's Board is Anti-Anti-Censorship

So much for not being evil. Google's board of directors has recommended that shareholders vote against a proposal to prevent the company from engaging in proactive censorship efforts."Google did not explain why its board recommends shareholders vote down the anticensorship...

Is Religion a Right Wing Plot?

"The recent Baylor survey shows that the majority belief in the US is in an authoritarian God, and 40% of young people believe in him. This authoritarian God has views that are amazingly like those of George Bush and the Republican party. Maybe Bush can crow even though he...

POLITICAL POLL: Who's the most crazy?

Left-Wingers or Right-Wingers?

Unauthorized Migrants -- Numbers and Characteristics

Pew Hispanic Center  [report in PDF]

Border Battles -- The U.S. Immigration Debates

"...the positions taken by advocates and the policies proposed by politicians have recently become more contentious and extreme..."

Spanish Firm To Build & Run New *North American Union Toll Road*

The "NAFTA Super Highway" will run all the way from the southern tip of Mexico to Canada. NAFTA means North American Free Trade Area.

truth in an abstract sense

A wake-up call to anyone who thinks they are seeing balanced discourse.