January 9, 2008, 12:09 pm 87 comments in the last 7 days.
MySpace Photos of Oregon Mayor Causing Stir in Arlington.

It is the "Home of the Honkers" and it is hard to miss the irony. A scantily clad image of the city of Arlington, Oregon's mayor is making the rounds on the Web today after news agencies lifted the image from her public MySpace page. Arlington, Oregon's Mayor Carmen Kontur Gronquist did what many people do in the new Millennium; she posted images of herself on MySpace wearing lingerie. Maybe posing on a city fire vehicle was pushing it a bit, but then I lived in Las Vegas for five years where calendars feature the city's "sexiest firefighters."

December 13, 2022, 3:11 pm 7 comments in the last 7 days.
6 Crucial Business Travel Tips.

Business travel is an essential business aspect. Traveling for business allows you to network with other industry professionals while meeting new people and connecting with prospective customers.

December 26, 2012, 8:13 pm 7 comments in the last 7 days.
O Little Town in Occupied Territory.

What people might not know is that the city of Bethlehem today is not in Israel but in Palestine, and that it is a bustling city with 28,000 people. One third of them are Palestinian Christians. 

When Christians today sing “O little town of Bethlehem” they seldom think of the real city with the real people.

June 3, 2023, 6:13 pm 6 comments in the last 7 days.
Disconnecting War from Its Consequences.

Twenty-two years ago, Congress put sanity up for a vote. Sanity lost in the House, 420-1. It lost in the Senate, 98-0. Barbara Lee’s lone vote for sanity remains a tiny light of courageous hope flickering in a chaotic world.

October 14, 2012, 12:10 pm 4 comments in the last 7 days.
Missouri Senator Schaaf: 'If they overdose and kill themselves, it just removes them from the gene pool'.

I have written articles for Salem-News.com referencing "Flamingo Road" -- the pipeline of prescription drugs that travels up the east coast from Florida to the New England states. Florida has been vigorously closing "pill mills" in an effort to stem the prescription drug epidemic in their state.

March 10, 2009, 7:21 am 2 comments in the last 7 days.
Vietnam Army Medic Walks for Children.

A Vietnam Army veteran begins the second annual walk in Vietnam on April 3, 2009 to support children disabled from Agent Orange If you asked most Irishmen, they will know about the Orange Walks in Northern Ireland on July 12th, which mark the victory of Prince William of Orange over King James II at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690.

February 24, 2011, 8:25 pm 1 comments in the last 7 days.
Economics as Pseudoscience.

If any field of study is a pseudoscience, it's economics. As Leonard Silk, late economics columnist for the New York Times (an economist himself) once wrote:

March 2, 2012, 12:41 pm 1 comments in the last 7 days.
High Stakes in Geneva in 2009 and 2012: Dayan Jayatilleka recalls.

The 19th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHCR) has commenced in Geneva from February 27th. It is very likely that Sri Lanka would figure as item 10 on the agenda during the concluding stages of the conclave in the days between March 21st to 23rd.

May 17, 2010, 8:00 pm 1 comments in the last 7 days.
Immigration/Human Rights News: The Arizona Prairie Fire Spreads.

Like the blazing sparks of a wild prairie fire, the political conflagration set off by Arizona's Senate Bill requiring police to demand identification and arrest anyone suspected of being in the state without proper immigration documents is burning.

May 26, 2011, 5:43 pm 1 comments in the last 7 days.
Israel always needs an existential threat to survive: Nima Shirazi.

Nima Shirazi is a political commentator from New York City. His analysis includes US foreign policy and Middle East issues, particularly with reference to current events in Israel, Palestine, and Iran. Shirazi is widely acclaimed for his precise and accurate analysis.