Want to Ride your Bike around Town, in New York that is, check Ride the City

I am not sure I would feel comfortable riding a bike around Manhattan what with potholes, crazy cabs and the rest.Some parts of New York might make the cut though. Want to sketch ways to get around town on 2 wheels in a relatively safe fashion some people stepped up to the...

Tasmanian houses renting for $1 a week

AN Australian town is offering houses to rent for $1 a week. The prospective tenants must have kids, the younger the better,  which will help to save its comunity and its tiny school. " The small...

1 in 5 Canadians are foreign-born: StatsCan

Not surprising really, but it's interesting to see the official stats. "Newly released census numbers show a surge in immigration, with one in five people in Canada now foreign-born. In its report released...

Peace at last for Sleeping Beauty

It was a tough day on May 17, 1999. After 17 years of dreaming and two months of grueling effort on the Mount Everest, I was finally on my first summit bid. It was the culmination of years of climbing, success...

John Roberts, Kiran Chetry In At CNN's `American Morning,' The 2 O'Briens Are...

The best thing about CNN's morning show, if there was one? The 2 O' Briens... CNN is revamping "American Morning" for the second time in two years, bringing in network newcomers John Roberts and Kiran Chetry to...

Sex Slavery And Male Prostitution Plaguing Russian Army

"According to the UN International Panel for Struggle against Sexual Exploitation, the Russian army is plagued with male prostitution. A small amount of money is enough to find a Russian soldier-prostitute in the center of Moscow. Russian soldiers in a line-up seemingly...

Word Games -- *Undocumented Immigrants* or *Illegal Aliens*?

"Those who have jumped the fence into America in order to avoid our immigration checks are not immigrants.  Rather, they are illegal aliens, with no claim whatsoever to the welcome mat extended to legal immigrants."

Immigrant Laborers Stealing Coveted Hurricane Reconstruction Jobs

Unscrupulous contractors are exploiting low-wage undocumented workers who are stealing reconstruction jobs from locals. There's no such thing as an unwanted local job. However, there is such a thing as an unwanted local wage.

Will America Survive To 2050?

"By 2050, the Census Bureau estimates 102 million Hispanics will live in America, heavily concentrated in the Southwest. The ethnic, linguistic and cultural reconquest of the American Southwest by Mexico is well advanced." Copy & Click this...

Press '1' For Shortsighted

Enough has become too much. Perhaps you have noticed, but job ads in the local classifieds are reflecting an insidious trend in requiring that applicants be bilingual. Not suggesting it, not saying bilingualism is preferred, requiring it.

Failure To Stem Illegal Immigration Stings Local Health Care

"We have no funding for this growing number of uninsured patients"

UK's Summer Sundae

"The three-day Summer Sundae festival in Leicester has always an eclectic programme of newcomers and old timers. This its sixth year was no different with headliners Gomez finishing a day that was begun is...

One more round of blame the immigrant

"What do you mean, the only people you know named Gomez and Ramirez, push brooms and pick cantaloupes?" <---  This wave of immigration is NOT the same as previous waves of immigration. Just for starters, it's much larger. There are other factors that make this wave of...

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