As we near the Christmas Holiday, it has become apparent that a new threat has arisen as a scourge to our Holiday celebrations and our national security: IED's. Yes, IED's, or...
opinion by Mortal | 5 days ago 47 views | 4 recommendations | 2 comments
"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude…shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." — 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified Dec. 6, 1865. According to an...
"Conservative religious leaders were some of the sharpest opponents of the federal legislation passed in October that expanded federal hate crimes law to include protections for homosexuals." Here are some interesting statistics about hate crime in the US. Now, I am undecided...
"Far-right Christian fundamentalist group Family Research Council has a clever idea for raising money: convince supporters that President Barack Obama will take away their Bibles and turn their kids gay."This is an interesting approach by a family-focused religious group in...
With America seeming to lose its prominence in the world, is it shocking to find the European Union and Russia starting to make securtiy packs? Friday, the Russian President , Medvedev, sent a security proposal to...
opinion by mshoffner | 3 wks ago | updated 3 wks ago 188 views | 36 recommendations | 9 comments
Legacy Situation
The September-October 2005 Article in Foreign Affairs seems ancient as we approach 2010.
"“’China's Search for Stability With America,’ Wang Jisi, Summary -- No country can affect...
The Republican propaganda has had much effect in reaching people both inside America and without. Coming from Russian immigrants who settled in Northern Virginia, I saw the effects of this propaganda on both...
opinion by ishambat | 4 wks ago 380 views | 40 recommendations | 22 comments
Having given much thought to the situation in inner city, based on both what is known in the media and much of what I gathered from the experience of good friends who have lived there, I would like to make some...
opinion by ishambat | 4 wks ago 92 views | 4 recommendations | 5 comments
I would have thought there were many reasons to criticize a country for consuming massive amounts of beef. One could consider the depletion of forest for grazing. One could consider the additives such as antibiotics and growth hormones, or the health effects of a diet replete...
At a recent Young Achievers Awards ceremony held at the Kampala Serena Hotel's Victoria Hall, Uganda's president Yoweri K. Museveni claims European gays are 'recruiting' Ugandan citizens. " Speaking at the Young...
By, Uwe Paschen. In Japan not only the weather seems cooler this days, on its political front it seems even chilling, at least as far as relation with the U.S. are concerned. This Thursday the 12s of November...
created by Paschen | 6 wks ago | updated 3 days ago 580 views | 82 recommendations | 40 comments
By, Uwe Paschen. Is Japan’s change to be a beacon for a World to follow or merely an Isolated move by one bold Nation defying a super power? Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and his Party (DPJ) won a historic...
opinion by Paschen | 6 wks ago | updated 13 hrs ago 619 views | 79 recommendations | 23 comments
“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and...
opinion by tprince5 | 6 wks ago 66 views | 2 recommendations | 0 comments
The events related to the shootings in Killeen, Texas this week are getting the usual and bleak news coverage that a story of this magnitude indeed tends to receive. Such a major...
opinion by Mortal | 7 wks ago 507 views | 69 recommendations | 28 comments
In Black men in America: The Obama effect, a reader wondered why everytime the gay issue is raised in the black community, everybody can't wait until it's time for the next subject. It was brought to my attention...