I may be repulsed at the deeds orchestrated by Osama bin Laden ... But I'm even more repulsed at the ineptitude displayed in the attempts to stop him and his cause. I mean, the guy's a murderous criminal. He's an anti-Muslim, as any credible scholar of the Koran would attest. He's been ...

Corporate crime I'm not sure that there is such a thing. If we want to reduce the crimes that are given that lable, we need to quit handing out large punitive fines to corporations. The idea isn't as radical as it sounds. First of all, when I say that there isn't such a thing as corpora ...

Since America's formation in 1776, "The Bill of Rights" is cherished in the heart of every American. The article deals with the doctrine of religious freedom and diversity and expresses the following: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the ...

Today as I was driving, I saw a dead child lying next to a road in Odawara, Japan. It was on the local news. I had never seen a dead body before. I'm sure that in Iraq many people have seen one, but I never had until today. He was a boy about five years old. He was in the typical cute c ...

My Beat is Northwestern Wisconsin. I monitor the local government units in an eight county area. Mostly, I am concerned with the actions in the areas of land use, planning, zoning, building, economic development and private property rights. It is a rural area. How rural is it, you ask T ...

Anyone who has read any of my articles knows that I write about many different topics. As much as I was trying to avoid it I am now going to write about one thing that really bothers me, politics in America. I heard Hillary Clintons speech the other day where she claims that the Bush A ...

I believe that the right to die should, in most cases, be a personal matter and not a political matter (I am talking for adults, not for children. Children, and I include teenagers in this, have not lived long enough and do not have enough life experience to decide their own fates. Some ...

I would imagine that even before the ink on the Declaration of Independence had dried, the sentences: "Are we gonna have a flag We gotta have a flag! Britain has a flag!" were echoed by members of the Continental Congress. But then, a flag is important. It is a symbol representing a gro ...

History is being made on our watch. Maybe. No woman has even come close to being nominated to run for President of the United States by a major party. Geraldine Ferraro ran as VP for the Democrats but she and Mondale lost to Reagan / Bush in a landslide (525-13) The fact that two powerf ...

What exactly do we mean when we speak of the "environment" It is more complecxt than saying it is only our surrounding. The environment is a delicate equilibrium between every ingredient in our surroundings called the ecosystem. Our ecosystem contains the interaction between organis ...

We have all read about Jack Abramoff and how lobbying is done in Washington. Trips, dinners, campaign funding, and other perks paid for by lobbyists in return for favors the politicians can do for their clients. But our Supreme Court Justices should be beyond reproach. They are not ele ...

Thea Alexander wrote a book called 2150 AD, originally published in 1976. She describes a fascinating world that includes two parts consisting of the Macro World and the Micro World. In the Macro world there was harmony, cooperation, and everyone respected everyone else and did their be ...

That's what Canadian Liberal-supporters are saying! The Conservatives won 122 seats, only 33 shy of a majority government, making them the minority government of choice. They also won the popular vote at 36.25%. Some more key points were that Quebec was almost all Bloc Quebecois and Albe ...

Still waiting for the New World Order Do you scan the manipulated news media's headlines daily for hints that CIA or United Nation led stormtroopers are ready to land on your doorstep Is your shotgun cocked and ready to take aim at Illuminati mercenaries hiding in your bushes bent on hau ...

Well darlings, The new Flamingo has opened here in Blackpool - and what can I say For someone who makes money from using words, they almost fail me. As a privileged and grateful VIP guest on the opening night I can tell you that it's like stepping into another world - you can hardly bel ...

Pakistan did the USA a favor recently ... All they got for it was a surprise rocket attack on their own soil. The situation is well-explained by London's Sunday Telegraph in its 29 Jan 06 edition: Pakistan 'delay let bin Laden escape US raid' By Massoud Ansari in Karachi (Filed: 29/0 ...

Over the past 25 years, I have observed and participated in local government from a variety of angles. From humble beginnings as a local political cartoonist, through a local elected official career, and now a Local Government Affairs Director for a large trade association. To add to th ...

The U.S.-Israel Strategic Allianceno matter what setbacksis alive, well and proceeding to its logical conclusion: The U.S.-Israel Defense Pact [1]. Irans determination to resuscitate its nuclear program and trade its oil for anything but dollars; the Sharon X-Factori.e., Israel after Sh ...

Without having to venture into the back of every restaurant in this city, you know their faces. Without having to open your eyes as you walk down any given street, their culture is heard and felt resonating into the consciousness of each New Yorker. All channels of business and every asp ...

In the wake of the 2004 U.S. Presidential Election, and the news that approximately 24% of American Jews (an increased, but still relatively small percentage) voted for George W. Bush, it is, I believe, an appropriate time to examine (not for the first time, of course) the phenomenon of ...