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New Weapon Against Crime in the South

"New Weapon Against Crime in the SouthCrime in the South's fast-growing cities has a negative affect on economic development and social and community harmony. In Africa, with one fifth of the world's population,...

The Evolution of Plant Minds

     I was listening this past weekend to an NPR story about the history of chewing gum (see http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106439600&ft=1&f=1032). ...

Witches, spells magic, oh my! The truth about wicca

You don't hear to much about the practice of Wicca in the media. Wicca is, no doubt, one the most misunderstood religions in the world. Wanting to learn more about the practice, I commissioned a Wiccan high...

Bleeding Heart Tightwads

As I have observed often, many of the liberals I have met, are basically communists who want to steal my money and give it to people who are guaranteed to vote democrat.  But try and get one of these members...

1 in 3 Britons believe in virgin birth

" In the poll of over a thousand adults, undertaken for Theos by ComRes, 34% of people agreed that the statement "Jesus was born to a virgin called Mary" was historically accurate. Only 32% considered it fictional. Women are more likely to...

Time for Obama's Package

"President-elect Barack Obama warned that the U.S. is “trapped in a vicious cycle” and faces the loss of “millions of jobs” unless immediate steps are taken to stimulate the economy and to rescue the...

Hajj pilgrimage

"The Hajj is one of the pillars of Islam, which every adult Muslim must undertake at least once in their life if they can afford it and are physically able. Some rituals take place in Mecca's Great Mosque."

Ringed by Foes, Pakistanis Fear the U.S., Too

"By JANE PERLEZ ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A redrawn map of South Asia has been making the rounds among Pakistani elites. It shows their country truncated, reduced to an elongated sliver of land with the big bulk of India to the east, and an enlarged Afghanistan to...

Yoga with worshipping and chanting probihited

"Fatwa Council says yoga with worshipping, chanting is prohibited (updated) By MAZWIN NIK ANIS Fatwa Council says yoga with worshipping, chanting is prohibited PUTRAJAYA: The National Fatwa...

Love Is Strange

"Courtney Love has a large collection of designer clothes, which just goes to prove that there are people in this world who believe that they can send out bits of cloth and by doing so, polish a turd. But Courtney...

British adults intolerant of young

A new survey in the UK shows that half of British adults believe that British children behave like 'animals.' The survey is part of a growing body of evidence that the current generation of young people in Britain is estranged from the population at large."Half the population...

Tokidoki "Sometimes" a BIG Deal

"Tokidoki "Sometimes" a BIG Deal 11 12 2007 Tokidoki. In Japanese it means sometimes. But for one Simone Legno, Tokidoki would take on a whole new meaning. One to be shared around the globe. A believer in the Tokidoki...

160 Million Nelson Mandelas

" Newsweek called Pakistan “the most dangerous nation in the world.” Western media calls Pakistan “a power-keg waiting to explode,” while their military describes us as “being in a fight for our national existence.” The world that we all claw and...

Margo MacDonald bids to change Scotish law on aiding suicide

Margo MacDonald, a member of the Scottish parliament, has introduced legislation that would make assisted suicide legal in Scotland. The announcement comes a day after a British high court rejected an English petitioners request to clarify the law on whether it is illegal for...

Why employers won't cut and run when individuals own health insurance

"Americans agree: Our health-care system needs a serious overhaul. A number of recent surveys, including one by Harris Interactive and another by the Commonwealth Fund, show that over 80 percent of Americans...

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