Obama legacy and future in the spill cleanup

Hysteria, exasperation, engineering discipline, mitigation, cool heads It's a mess in the Gulf of New Mexico and it is spreading. BP did a lousy job of managing its business from the get-go. They took too...

Slavery & Washington's Legacy: Conflict at White House Memorial

Since the unearthing of the foundation of the building that served as the United States’ first presidential residence from 1790 to 1800, in 2007, known as the President's House, controversy has been at the...

Victory for W2 Café

City Council today approved the W2 Social Enterprise Café on the ground level of the Woodwards redevelopment. This is a historic victory for W2 Community Media Arts Society who has been in a four year RFP...

Is Obama Bush III ?

              Obama is learning, as democrats learned when theytook over congress in 2006.that it takes time to changethe federal government.""I am...

Airborne legacy passed from grandfather to grandson

"Pvt. 1st Class Christopher Mullen grew up with "about a million" Airborne stories. When he graduated from Airborne School Friday, he reminisced about some of the anecdotes his grandfather, Darrell Branstetter,...

At the New York Post: Outraged Employees and An Apology

Phones were ringing off the hook as employees at the New York Post fielded calls from outraged callers, denouncing the cartoon that appeared in the New York Post, featuring a dead chimpanzee, blood pooling around the lifeless body, two police...

History’s Worst President?

;Can a president be fairly evaluatedand rated just as he is leaving office. " When asked, which is not often, what I thought of this president, I usually replied, in my jaundiced, freedom-of-speech opinion, that ...

When Bush is History

According to this op-ed piece, George W. Bush, the United States of America's 43rd president, having served two four year terms, can be saluted as having done the most to put real money and effort into...

Bush's legacy: Your Views

"The presidency of George Bush will soon be coming to an end but what will be his legacy? How has the Bush presidency affected you and your country? Will he go down as the worst president in US history? What have...

New Resolution on Mideast Peace Passes at UN

The idea is good but like most UN resolutions this one will likely go nowhere, accomplish nothing. Israel candefend itself and the Palestinian  leadersdon't want peace. " The Bush administration, looking to...

Dazzling Dance Show to mark Diwali in London

October 21, London- The pioneer of Manipur and Tagore dance has done it again. Bithika Raha, the woman behind Nrityakala The Rhythm, has organised another evening of dazzling dances to mark the festivities of...

U.S. Congress Apologizes for Slavery

On Tuesday evening, July 29, 2008, House Resolution 194 was passed by voice vote. This bill represents the first time the federal government has apologized for slavery or segregation. The bill was first...

Bush praises AIDS bill

"Associated Press - July 26, 2008 3:33 AM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush is welcoming congressional approval of a big boost in America's global fight against AIDS. The president is using his weekly radio address for a rare thank-you to the Democratic-led Congress....

An Update: AMA Apologizes for Racist History

A press release issued by the American Medical Association (AMA), dated July 10, 2008, reads in part:   .... In 2005, the AMA convened and supported an independent panel of experts to study the...

Legacy of Tagore to be preserved in the UK

London. July 13, 2008. The dance form of first Asian Nobel laureate, Rabindranath Tagore, will be the subject of a major study and preservation in the UK. "The project entitled Legacy, supported by Britain's...

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