It is a New Light

A ray of hope An abode of smile A domus of creativity A journey of growth New Light Kalighat Creche cum shelter What began as a crèche for 8 children in two rooms in a dark alley of Kalighat eight years ago has...

Obama’s Health Care Reform Architect 'Would Not Be Upset’ If...

A health care reform plan developed by Dr. Jacob S. Hacker is, according to this article at The New Republic, widely considered the rough model for the reform plans many Democrats, including President Barack Obama, have embraced. If it winds up putting private insurers out of...

Hard Times Never Last

I would not help, but notice that with change come new opportunities, challenges and a shift in human paradigm. The fact that 80% of humanity is struggling to make ends meet there is hope and optimism that change will lift our spirits to see beyond adversity.Last month I...

The Lamb and the Wolf of Japan's economy.

By, Uwe Paschen.  The eternal game of victims and predators or Rich and poor, Labourer and Masters. Maybe even as La Fontaine once wrote Lamb and Wolf in a Fable from long ago.  There I was visiting the...

Why Is White House Protecting Black Panthers?

Today, we learn that the Obama administration has asked that charges of election day voter intimidation against three members of the New Black Panthers Party for Self-Defense be dropped.  Now, we ask why? According to a Washington Times editorial: "One of the defendants,...

Let us seize the fresh opportunity for a new and better era

Source: http://www.thebottomline.lk/2009/05/20/editorial.htm Date: 20 May 2009 Scenes of jubilation and euphoria have pervaded the streets of the capital Colombo, and many other parts of the country, as the Sri Lankan President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces,...

A story of the "Yal Devi" Train

A glimpse into the rebuilding of the Yal Devi rail-track.... A once vital link between the North and South of Sri Lanka. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Izh0lX9-FOc

Newest White House Residents

Ahh ... sweet spring, the time for new beginnings, renewal and hope. Meet the newest family of the White House - a red-breasted mama robin and her chicks.  She's made her home in the bushes right outside the...

On Slavery, Presidents Share Nothing in Common

Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Barack Obama share several things in common: Both were lawyers; both served in the Illinois legislature; and both were elected president of the United States. When it comes to the...

Poll: 73 Percent Say Congress Should Return AIG Cash

As President Barack Obama and Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) continue to point fingers over which one of them is to blame for the stimulus bill's "Dodd Amendment," which specifically excludes bonuses from caps on executive...

Obama: ‘Let the Purge of the Intellectuals Begin!’

Though President Barack Obama refuses to publicly describe himself as a socialist or a communist, the pages of non-revisionist history books are full of details about purges similar to the one he recently launched. Purges often work like this: When a new socialist/communist...

Homeless In A Town Of Empty Houses

Is it better for empty property to be left to gather dust and mice or for someone broke and broken to "break in" and shelter there for a while ? I spent a bit of time homeless recently , during the winter of 2006 ...

Lance Armstrong meets with President Calderon

A great person I admire is in my country, he's seen as "the visible leader needed in the fight against cancer". As he talked to our president Calderon who is a great fan, he stated "Cancer is not a death sentence"...

AFRICA: HOPE OR DESTRUCTION

I am not a journalist, or a historian. I am a listless, ignorant, young mind who's searching for answers, solutions, and guidance.I have been living in the United States for the past 12 years of my life; came here when I was 8-years old, I am 20 now. I know much little about...

The eyes have it

" And finally, while browsing the web this evening, I ran across Brad Warthen’s blog at The State. Brad discovered some interesting pixellation embedded in Shep Fairley's Obama- hope poster. Click on the...

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