US military forces are now waging simultaneous drone missile attacks, bombings, special forces assassination raids and ground combat in five separate countries: Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Libya and Yemen. President Barack Obama, who owed his 2008 election victory in large measure… Read More ›
The centennial of Ronald Reagan has just gone by. The former President is highly praised in the media, but in reality there is much evidence that Ronald Wilson Reagan did far more to harm the people of this country and… Read More ›
Presidential candidate Herman Cain, speaking Monday at CNN’s Republican presidential candidates’ debate in New Hampshire, spoke thusly of privatizing Social Security: “I support a personal retirement system option in order to phase (out) the current system. We know that this… Read More ›
A letter by Adolf Hitler – said to be the earliest expression of his ideas on anti-Semitism – has been shown publicly for the first time in New York. (NATIONAL) — A very famous letter written about Jews by a… Read More ›
“We are dealing with a complete range from exploitation, physical, psychological, sexual in some areas to carrying very heavy loads, to being exposed to chemicals…to working long hours…to working in repetitive tasks, to working in isolation…young children require that brain… Read More ›
Upper Big Branch report By Samuel Davidson 31 May 2011 Autopsies performed on 24 of the 29 miners killed in the April 5, 2010, blast at the Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia last year revealed that 17 had… Read More ›
Santiago, Chile, May 7, 2011 May 7, 2011 successfully concluded the series of events that the Communist Party of Chile (Proletarian Action) held in commemoration of the 66th Anniversary of the Victory over Nazi-Fascism. As part of the cultural celebrations,… Read More ›
Let’s begin with some words of praise for the eternal human nature argument. Yes, it may be logically fallacious and often absolutely unfounded, but what it lacks in sound reasoning it more than compensates for in persistence. Just as the… Read More ›
“It is our decree that there will be no poppy cultivation. It is banned forever in this country, whether we get assistance or not, poppy growing will never be allowed again in our country.” — Mullah Amir Mohammed Haqqani, Taliban… Read More ›
These killings took place in 1989 by the death squads of the El Salvador government, which was supported by the United States through military and financial aid despite the frequent and well-documented massacres that were official policy. A Spanish judge… Read More ›
An unsigned article appeared in the Wall Street Journal on February 28, 2010, entitled “A Tale of Two Quakes,” which sought to compare the devastating earthquakes that struck the countries of Chile and Haiti that year. Indeed, the Chilean earthquake… Read More ›
BEIJING, May 23 (Xinhua) — The latest moves by Western allies against Libya have shown marked similarities to “strategies” they adopted in Kosovo in the 1990s. Catherine Ashton, EU’s foreign policy chief, opened the bloc’s office on Sunday in Benghazi,the… Read More ›
In March of 2011, Republican Congressman Peter King initiated hearings at the House Homeland Security panel on the “radicalization of American Muslims.” What followed from this first hearing was a largely hyperbolic expression of fear and loathing for “radical muslims”… Read More ›
Tenn. Senate OK’s bill on gay lessons NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A bill passed yesterday by the Tennessee Senate would forbid public school teachers and students in grades kindergarten through eight from discussing the fact that some people are gay. Opponents… Read More ›
Take a look around these days and you’ll see that atheism seems to be gaining ground. It is good to know that more people are challenging the influence of organized religion in American society, demanding that that America live up… Read More ›
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