The Scourge Persists

Taking his readers on a stroll down Memory Lane, making note of past history and incidents that tend to support his belief that the recent furor, disbelief and denial of racism, caused by former President Jimmy...

Why There is Danger in Ignoring Racism in America

On a cold, winter morning in February 2007, in Springfield, Illinois, in the land of Abraham Lincoln, then Senator Barack Hussein Obama Jr. announced his intent to run for the office of President of the United...

How Can Health Care Reform Equal a Loss of Liberty and Freedom?

An intriguing question arose at the comment thread of my article, This Shouldn't Happen in America, here at NowPublic, regarding the current volatile discussion/debate raging over health care reform. The...

This Shouldn't Happen in America

Barring the possibility of self imposed myopia or blindness, determining that the health care system in the U.S. is not serving the needs of all of its citizens only requires waiting in doctors' offices or...

An Allusion to Watering the Tree of Liberty

“ What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.” - A quote from Thomas...

So, what then is Socialism?

Among the things one can’t avoid noticing after living in North America for more than two years is the bizarre use of the ‘S-word’. It recently keeps popping up in the context of health care reform in the US but it also rears its allegedly ugly head in many other...

Living with swine flu

Current status: A 20 yr old with swine flue, living with 2 adults 3 children, aged 5wks and a 11yrs old. I guess it started when her cousin caught it and decided she felt better and went clubbing after 5 days.Our daughter (the mother of the baby)soon had sore throat to begin...

Taylor says he saw nothing wrong with displaying human skulls

" Displaying human skulls at roadblocks was an effective method of encouraging people to obey soldiers’ orders, Charles Taylor, the former Liberian President, said yesterday at his war crimes trial. Mr...

Sri Lanka's Democratic Dictatorship

The democratically elected 'dictatorial' government of Sri Lanka fears media the most - The Island Online. I provide the full text of the article below: "What do democratically elected ‘dictatorial’ governments of Sri Lanka fear most- THE MEDIA! If that is not so, why...

warning: you may be dangerous to the person sitting next to you

You never considered that, did you? You don't live in your own private world. Your actions affect others. You may think that "being anti-social" means a person is unwilling to socialize... You're wrong, if so. If...

The Politics of Fear

President Franklin D. Roosevelt said during his inauguration speech in 1933: " .... let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself—nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror...

Coplay, PA: Land of Intolerant, Archaic, Toxic Madness

This is a very reactionary "opinion" piece about Coplay PA, where i've been abused for over four years. i feel it is important for others to know that this is an UNSAFE and TOXIC community for those with Autism/Asperger's Syndrome. It also includes references to abusive...

A Statement to a New Yorker about the Air Force One flyover.

(From the author: this is a short commentary I made toward a resident of the Big Apple about criticism of the recent Air Force One flyover, it picks up after a couple of paragraphs I omitted) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Where...

Fearful of Nighttime Dark

A Poem: - Fearful of the approach of nighttime darkTo walk, to hide, to sleep, and waitFor the morning dawn of light and lies; Is there no escape from political pretense?Not for me, nor mine, the corporate bonus.We believed that to vote the system changes.It does! For the...

Op-Ed : Glenn Beck: The Fears of a Clown

The author offers an evaluation of Fox Network's latest addition, Glenn Beck, who has promoted his views and tearful concern for America and acted out gags like dousing someone with what he...

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