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Memorial Day

Remember what it is actually about.

(CLEVELAND) - As another Memorial Day dawns in America, many might wonder about the origin of this sacred day and why it came to be a widely observed national holiday.

A Mystical Visit

A glimpse of the children of heaven...

(LONDON) - Salem-News.com believes that poetry can be a perfect forum for expressing news and important information that reaches people in a clever, creative way, instead of the standard sometimes droning news story.

Nahida Izzat joined the Salem-News.com team the same day that Luke Easter became part of our group. Luke is our other poet and interestingly, both Nahida and Luke are very faith-based people.

Tawfiq Ziad; Israel and `Unadikum`

Recalling a great Palestinian hero during the 63^rd Nakba observance.

(SALEM, Ore.) - One of the most powerful songs about Palestine, perhaps ever, is Unadikum. Sometimes called Onadikum, the poem-turned-song was written by the Palestinian politician, author and resistance poet, Tawfiq Ziad.

Unadikum is a song about Palestinian tragedy. Ahmad Qaboor made Tawfiq Ziad's poem into an inspirational song. 'Unadikum' means I call to you!.

My Country `tis of WE

New rhetorical-lyrics to 'My Country 'tis of Thee'.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Inspired by Abolitionist Lyrics 1843 A. G. Duncan Jarius Lincoln, Antislavery Melodies: for The Friends of Freedom.

Prepared for The Hingham Antislavery Society. Some of the old anti-slavery verses can be heard in the Arizona State University recording of the Antislavery Ensemble.

Battle Hymn of America`s Zionists

We are disgusted by the outpouring of funds for war that could and should be used for so many other things.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Sing-along-karaoke-satire; it is a lighthearted way of examining very serious subjects that haunt Americans of conscience increasingly.

It is a paradox, living in a nation that crushes and destroys human life for the sake of business interests, yet considers itself the finest and very above the fray.

Nakba: a Remembrance

64 years ago, the Palestinian catastrophe began, known as the Nakba.

(LAVERNE, Calif.) - The plight of the Palestinians that began so ruthlessly in 1947, and is now called the Nakba, was an intentional, calculated campaign to force the Palestinian Arabs out of Palestine.

It was a systematic genocide of a people as defined by the United Nations in its adoption of Genocide Convention, Article II

Summary Judgment

Innocent till proven guilty but it's not so,
In civil matters, you have to show..

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I Have a Dream

Shouldn't everyone have a chance to reach theirs?

(LONDON) - No human beings should ever be exposed to military and political violence.

The idea of children bearing witness to man's hardest and cruelest side is unbearable as a thought.

Tiger Woods- Before & After

There is no quick fix" -Tiger Woods

(CLEVELAND) - Media sources are reporting Tiger Woods' lifestyle changes this week. The Chicago Tribune quoted Woods saying, "I have a family," after this morning's practice round at the TPC Blue Monster. "I'm divorced. If you've been divorced with kids, then you would understand."

The Tribune's Jeff Shain writes how Woods has only played nine competitive rounds entering this week's WGC-Cadillac Championship — not atypical for recent years, but contradictory to what he has been saying since starting work with swing coach Sean Foley.

Church v. Military Funerals, U.S. Supreme Court Rules 8-1

This week the Daily's Show's Jon Stewart took the Westboro Baptist Church to task, comparing their religious position's actual position as a church with 'Church's Chicken'.

(CLEVELAND) - Last week a Veteran wrote to Salem-News.com deploring the acts of these people who offend everyone from the most patriotic redneck, to the gay militant, equally.

This week the Daily's Show's Jon Stewart took the Westboro Baptist Church to task; comparing their religious position as a church with 'Church's Chicken'.