As a doc who has worked in cross cultural medicine most of my life, I love to read history. One of the sites I usually read is History News Network, a blog of George Mason University. Often the essays are merely regurgitation of Chomsky, but sometimes you get insight into todays news thru the eyes [...]

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While California gets a gold star for its elementary through high school (elhi) curriculum frameworks and content standards, its method for adopting course materials pleases no one. For instance, the last time the state approved new history texts a furor erupted not only over content distorted by multicultural pressure groups but also over influence of [...]

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By Carol Bogart   Well now this is interesting – in a scary sort of way. New research shows that diabetics are at risk for mild memory loss that could be a prelude to Alzheimer’s. My dad was diabetic and died of Alzheimer’s. About a year or so ago, I was diagnosed as being ‘pre-diabetic.’ [...]

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During a Thursday morning press conference in the Rose Garden, President Bush talked more about the reasons why the United States needs to be in Iraq. “Failure in Iraq will cause generations to suffer, in my judgment. Al Qaeda will be emboldened. They will say, yes, once again, we’ve driven the great soft America out [...]

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By Carol Bogart My son, Mike, and I used to get into some hellacious fights. Mostly about homework. During one of these screamfests, something happened that really scared me. In mid-tantrum, suddenly my 11-year-old began hyperventilating. He absolutely could not catch his breath. As his face turned red and he gasped for air, I pulled [...]

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By Carol Bogart Newsflash! Researchers have found the “fat” gene! Overweight people are predisposed to gaining weight in much the same way that kids born to brunette parents are likely to have, gasp!, brown hair. As early as 2005, the low carb craze had begun to ebb. Diets lose their luster when a body’s pre-set [...]

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I’m an American currently living in Adana, Turkey.  A while ago I walked to the local bakery to get some bread for tonight.  On the way I stopped to chat with a couple of street venders that I know.  Another man was there and he started trying to talk with me.  He only knew about [...]

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From The Gathering Storm Blog Leave it to the main stream media to practically ignore a growing trend in the US – Jihad activities going on right here in River City. From the Northeast Intelligence Network. First, a Muslim man “training for combat” is sentenced to 10 months in jail. 19 May 2007: Pakistani student [...]

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Two girls were arrested in McHenry County, Illinois last week for distributing flyers at their school that depicted a male classmate kissing another classmate and had the words "God Hates Fags" on the flyers. The two were charged with disorderly conduct and felony hate crimes. As can be expected, debate has been generated on the [...]

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In 1997 a phone booth in an isolated spot in the Mojave Desert became a popular destination for independent travellers. Its number was posted on the internet and people were encouraged to call it. Campers then began converging on the booth in the hope that the phone would ring and they would connect with someone [...]

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In the U.S., it’s stocks up and housing down; in rest of the world, it’s the rocket-like movement of stocks unlike their historical lift-like movements; and housing seems to be up or facing a temporary downturn, depending on the specific market. Dow Jones – the 30-stock index of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is [...]

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In 1999 David Chase first unleashed HBO’s The Sopranos on an unsuspecting public. It took a little getting used to, at least for me. This was not the gangster formula Iwas used to and expecting; this was the postmodern gangster. In the first episode, when Tony Soprano spends long screen moments at poolside watching the [...]

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By Our National Correspondent Bolong Jammeh, Banjul. Paid for and Commissioned by the Freedom Newspaper. Dr Saja Taal Managing director of the Daily Observer Newspaper has claimed that he is responsible for the arrest of Chief Ebrima B. Manneh, News Editor with the Observer who was picked up by personnels believe to NIAs from his [...]

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Breaking News:Former IGP, Adviser FRI Jammeh and others accused of inciting Rambo’s Detention! By Our National Correspondent Bolong Jammeh Paid for And Commissioned by the Freedom Newspaper. FRI behind Concilor Rambo’s detention FRI Jammeh Former Police Advicer and Inspector General of Police and Ya Nyimma Dibbuwa an APRC Yai Compin are reported to be behind [...]

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ByOur National Correspondent Bolong Jammeh, Banjul. Paid For And Commissioned by the Freedom Newspaper. The Secretary of State for Communication, Information and Technology has once more demonstrated Gambia Government’s unresolve for reconciliation with the Press as SoS Nenneh Mackdold Gaye turned down GPU’s invitation to grace high table during the occassion marking World Press Freedom Day.SoS [...]

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So what if Americans are Europe’s worst-dressed tourists? We are still relatively polite (third place) and at least we try and speak the local language – the key word here is “try”. Okay, we’re also still pretty loud, too, although I would personally prefer to call this being boisterous. It could be worse, however. We [...]

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The left never ceases to amaze and confound an honest man. As we have seen reported on Newsbusters, Jimmy Carter called President George W. Bush the “worst” president in history then lied about it claiming that his words were “careless or misinterpreted.” Carter was seen on the Today Show trying to get the nation to [...]

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Jessica Alba is one of those actresses who can be seen everywhere, on magazine covers, at awards shows, on screen. She’s appeared in dozens of TV shows and films and has really made a name for herself, but she hasn’t been involved in any project that has won over audiences’ respect and appreciation. Alba has [...]

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On Tuesday, an International Olympic Committee member visited Chicago to prepare for the world boxing championships to be held at the University of Illinois from October 17 to November 1. This is a worldwide event featuring 500 boxers. Chicago hopes to gain international support from the world in hopes of winning the spot for the [...]

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The sequel to Christopher Nolan’s 2005 film, Batman Begins won’t be out until next July, but internet buzz has already been circulating for months. Once it was declared that Heath Ledger would be cast as The Joker in the next film titled The Dark Knight, fans began to voice their approval or distain for the [...]

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Frieda Birnbaum became a mother for the fourth and fifth time on Tuesday. Along with the joy of being a new mother, she has the added bonus of becoming the oldest woman in the United States to give birth to twins. The babies were born at Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack, New Jersey, delivered [...]

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I have a theory that it is possible to slice up the combined works of Al Stewart into three very distinctive periods, and the early beginnings of this great musician I would call ‘Just Al and a guitar’. His first album Bed Sitter Images, is a very folk rooted work. Although Al was only 23 [...]

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Regulatory capture happens when an industry regulator falls under the influence of those that they are supposed to regulate. That would seem to have happened in the case of Australia’s telephone regulator — the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO). I have found that out from my personal experience. The TIO seems to believe anything that service [...]

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There are not many musicians that make it to the 40 year mark. Actually Al is at the 42 year mark, with his first foray into the recording world in 1967 with the release of ‘Bed-sitter Images’. Over twenty albums later, this iconoclast of the music world is still going strong. When I saw the [...]

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A couple days ago, I wrote a rant about how the environmental movement seemed more worried about the animals and trees than by dying children. I specifically pointed out that the ban on cheap, essentially non toxic DDT resulted in the resurgence of malaria in Africa and Asia, a disease that now kills 800 000 [...]

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African countries agree on Free Trade Zone     Amin George Forji                One of the most important lessons of the European Union as a success story is the fact that economic integration is one of the only economic policies that works for the betterment of nations. Many African countries presently seem to [...]

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