"...School District Comes Off As Secretive and Elusive..."

Opinion:"It’s no secret that North Tonawanda Superintendent of Schools Vincent Vecchiarella and the Tonawanda News don’t have the best relationship. Ever since I wrote a story detailing...

Man in claim over flies in water

"A man who found a dead fly in his bottled water is claiming before Canada's high court that the incident ruined his sex life, hair salon business and even made it hard for him to shower. Waddah Mustapha of Windsor, Ontario said that he and his wife saw a dead...

CNN iReport: Citizen Journalism Makes it Big

"There are a number of citizen journalism sites out there that let everyday people eport on the events in their neighborhoods and communities. Those sites range from the weak and rant-filled like LiveLeak to the professional and well organized like NowPublic. CNN is...

BREAKING NOW Civil Rights Leader John Lewis (D) GA, Drops Support for Clinto...

The Famas Marcher with MLK has canged support from Clinton to "Clinton Supporter John Lewis Has Second Thoughts By Anne E. Kornblut Confusion erupted Thursday night amid reports that a prominent African American supporter of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's had changed his...

Science 2.0 Debuts at Scientific American

Scientific American comes out boldly with a wiki experiment that invites readers to  edit an article and weigh in on some of the "meta publishing" issues that crowd sourcing via wiki technology brings to science, including consideration of the impact of this kind of...

Second thoughts on life, the universe and everything

"When tackling subjects as diverse as human evolution, the laws of physics and sexual politics, scientists and philosophers, including Steven Pinker, Daniel Dennett, Paul Davies and Richard Wrangham, all confessed yesterday to a change of heart. "

Thoughts On News Year's Resolutions

Resolutions?    I don't make them.  It is as simple as that.  One reason is that I amconstantly walking the fine line between self-improvement and selfacceptance.   Another reason is that I have a hard time separating the individual years, ...

Liberal, Progressive or Conservative...Does it mean anything if Topic is Food...

Is there a need to put things including our favorite wines and foods in little boxes. Shouldn't we instead let each of them speak for themselves?  What would a regressive wine selection be if we go down that path? Choices offered by a wine shop or an eaterie that went...

Paralysed man's mind is 'read'

"Scientists say they may be on the brink of translating the thoughts of a man who can no longer speak into words after a pioneering experiment. Electrodes have been implanted in the brain of Eric Ramsay, who has been "locked in" - conscious but paralysed - since a car crash...

Is man inheritantly Good or Evil

"At any given point of time every human being is good and also evil! All is dependent upon the thoughts one invokes! If we invoke positive thoughts from the reservoir of mind plus... good actions follow. Drawing negative thoughts from the reservoir of mind minus leads us to...

What does the 1968 Tlatelolco Massacre in Mexico mean today?

MexicoReporter interviewed Salvador Martinez dela Roca, a student leader at the time of the Tlateloloco Massacre, about his thoughts on what the tradegy means today and why people march. Watch the film below,...

The Real Reasons Corporations Like to Emphasize “Teamwork”

"The Snitch Factor If people are working in a group, sharing their ideas, making their thoughts known, the easier it is for the boss to get word of the misfits, the possible future competition."

Loonie Gov't Study: Canada may be Penniless.

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorWell let's just say when this comes to fruition, Canadians will all be paying more, as history has shown retailers and the Taxman will always round off prices to the...

Stand Up For Your Thoughts

"Stand up for your thoughts ! In this day and time, we are bombarded with outside ideas that we hardly have original ideas. We tend to succumb to the conformity of the world outside and accept things as they are....

Fans rally in support of cancelled CBS series, network gives in

June 6, 2007To the Fans of Jericho: Wow! Over the past few weeks you have put forth an impressive and probably unprecedented display of passion in support of a prime time television series. You got our attention; your emails and collective voice have been heard. As...

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