The Ballad of John Edwards (The songs about him!)

Oh..."Johnny" Boy....The Pipes, The Pipes are calling...."Edwards Sabotaged In Song? | Who Is Rielle Hunter? Edwards Sabotaged In Song? Now that John Edwards has admitted to his affair...

Lunchtime Lock-in at schools to stop rush for chippie

Many well run secondary schools already operate this system unless a child has specific permission to go home for lunch - and that means home - not hanging around the shopping arcades or fast food outlets. With...

Children at breaking point: Knives, guns, bullies...a shocking look at growin...

"The rights of a generation of children in Britain are being eroded by poverty, unhappiness and fear of crime, the largest report on the state of childhood in six years reveals.EducationMore than 78 per cent of children surveyed said they get stressed, mainly because of...

Vanity Fair, Bill Clinton, same old Bill full of Vanity. Fair?

Bill Clinton, Vanity Fair, The same old Bill with no change in sight You want change?  Look Past the Clinton's By Albert N. Milliron, Politisite.com With every pundit spouting that McCain is just a Bush...

Bush pal turns on the prez

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public Contributor Scott McClellan certainly hit the mother lode as confident to the President, a Holy Grail position which now that his explosive book which came out with a Dirty Laundry...

Airline says Heathrow "worst in Europe"

Ouch! A harsh assessment of Heathrow by an American Airlines executive. Although I have to say, having used both BA's facilities and AA's facilities at Heathrow, I don't think it's Heathrow's fault that their...

Ten Ways To Start A Conversation At The Thanksgiving Table :: MAXINE

"After arriving at our Thanksgiving destination this afternoon, we at MAXINE turned on our internet connection and launched to listen to Hugh Hewitt for his drive-time pre-Thanksgiving warm up show. After talking...

Turning Pain to Gain - Naomi Klein

Naomi Klein in one of those remarkable people who make us think in a different way. She makes us look at what we are doing and questions entrenched believe systems. In her book No Logo for instance, she...

Words of Power: Human Rights Watch to Business: "Keeping quiet while monks die"

Finally attention is brought to bear on the support the Burmese/Myanmar government has been getting from international capitalism.  Human Rights Watch has joined the struggle to expose big business in...

The party on the left is now parting on the left….

"I’ve been following developments which reflect a growing dissatisfaction among smaller blogs on the left with the direction and leadership of the more heavily trafficked left-blogs such as Kos and Huffington, for example: " “It seems odd that two of the biggest lefty...

'' Major financial investment needed ''

A WEEK of crisis for Northampton Borough Council which began with the revelation of a multi-million-pound budget gap has got worse following the leak of a damning Government report highlighting failures throughout...

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