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Why Do We Fear the Truth?

Like all of our fears, the fears that tell us that we cannot understand a problem and that we cannot fix it originate in our childhood experience.

(TASMANIA, Aust.) - The most important impediment to understanding and resolving any problem or conflict is our fear of knowing the truth.

We spend a lot of our time trying to deal with problems and conflicts by deluding ourself about the cause and/or the solution necessary.

Mustang Parade Needs Your Help to Break a World Record!

Organizers say the goal with the parade is to break two World Records: One for the most Mustangs in a parade and one for the most Fords in a parade.

(WOODBURN) - This year marks the 50th Anniversary of one of the greatest of all American cars, The Ford Mustang.

An exciting historic automotive milestone will celebrate the Mustang with an extraordinary one-of-a-kind event planned for the Pacific Northwest at the Woodburn Dragstrip...

Talk Nation Radio: U.S. Marine Corps Threatens Small Pacific Island

Please encourage your local radio stations to carry this program every week!

(WASHINGTON, DC) - Michael Hadfield is a Professor of Zoology and Principal Investigator at the Kewalo Marine Laboratory, University of Hawaii, and at the Pacific Biosciences Research Center.

He discusses the need to save Pagan Island, its people and other species, from the U.S. military.

The Kingdom Of David

“There is no such thing as the Palestinian people. It’s not as if we came and took their country from them…they simply didn’t exist” - Golda Meir

(LONDON) - My political compass appears to be spinning out of control. Frankly I am more than confused, I am actually lost.

Since July 2013, the hapless Mr. John Kerry has been trying to put life into the so-called peace process between the occupying forces of Palestine and a segment of the Palestinian people, the Palestinian Authority.

Medical Marijuana Casualty Report: Demonizing the Brightest Doctors Makes No Sense

People like Dr. Phil Leveque have suffered the ultimate wrath of reefer madness...

(SALEM) - Marijuana is the big buzzword all over the country right now, but long before pot became posh, men like Dr. Phillip Leveque were pounding the trail for today's common public acceptance of cannabis as medicine.

But doctors keep paying the price with their medical licenses, it isn't right.

World Inequality, Disorder and Indifference

Income and wealth inequality are thought to be greater today than at any time in history...

(LONDON Redress News & Analysis) - Market fundamentalism pervades all areas of contemporary civilisation and created what Pope Francis recently described as the “globalization of Indifference. It is a world in which we have become used to the suffering of others.

This extreme model of capitalism places profit, not people, at the centre of everything.

Well Known Salem Judge, Albin Norblad, Died as a Result Of A Fall

It was determined that Judge Norblad died of a subdural hematoma which was the result of an accidental fall.

(SALEM) - The Salem Police Department responded to the residence of Marion County Circuit Court Judge Albin Norblad at about 10:00 AM Monday to check on him since he was not answering his telephone.

After obtaining a key to the residence, officers entered and found him deceased. A police investigation was initiated as is standard in all unattended deaths.

Did JFK Intend to Pull Out of Vietnam?

JFK's assassination, according to those sources, left President Johnson responsible for the further escalations of the war.

(PORTLAND, OR) - As William Blum points out in this excerpt of his report 125, JFK’s own brother challenges the recollections of JFK’s apologists that he was prepared to pull out of Vietnam.

Instead, RFK testifies his brother based his military intervention on his belief in the “domino effect” then popular among the Washington foreign policy establishment.

Romania President Basescu Asked to Resign on Discriminatory Roma Remarks

Romania's Roma community is said to be the biggest in Europe.

(RENO) - Romanian President Traian Basescu has been reportedly found guilty of discriminatory remarks about Roma (Gypsy) population by country’s official National Council for Combating Discrimination and now Hindus want him to resign.

Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, said that Basescu had no moral standing to continue in the government after making such disparaging remarks about a major group of the population.

The Militant Mystery of World War I

There was nothing at stake in this war except prestige and more African colonies.

(WASHINGTON, DC) - Boys like me like to blow up things. I was trained to place Composition B plastic explosive in bridge struts and watch them explode sky high in the Texas sun. It's fun. Blam!

That’s why there is no such thing as an “antiwar” movie if it shows us cannons shooting and guns blasting. ANY violence is a recruiting poster for the beast inside us.