Stories that scream disaster often ignore the good part of the story. And todays’ unreported “good” story is that the Yangtze has had one of it’s periodic floods, and only  a handful of people died.. “Good” Story? Well, you have to put it into perspective. For example, everyone in the world knows about New Orleans [...]

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Does the MILF need money? Those behind the kidnapping of an Italian priest released some photos, and the cost of “proof of life” photos has escalated from P100,000 to P 500 000. ($10,000) “It has become a backyard industry once again.” says a gov’t spokesman. The Italians want to pay and have the priest released, [...]

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On Sunday morning Republican Senator Chuck Hegel of Nebraska was on NBC’s Meet the Press. After talking mostly about the situation in Iraq, guest host David Gregory asked Hegel if there was growing momentum to impeach President Bush.

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Former Army Chief of Staff Vincent Jatta, NIA’S Baba Sarho and others freed at Last!!! By Our Western Divison Correspondent Wise Man Paid for and Commissioned by the Freedom Newspaper. Three security officers including Sgt Buba Jammeh, Staff Sgt Mendy and Baba Saho have been reportedly released following their arrest and imprisonment since March 2006 [...]

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What do you do when you make a horror movie so popular that it not only starts a new horror fad (psychological gore might be a good categorization), but it also spawns three sequels? After the box-office success of Saw, James Wan passed the directorial baton on to Darren Lynn Bousman for the three Saw sequels, [...]

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News Item: Chinese city bans anonymous web postings An internet campaign by bloggers in China successfully halted construction of a chemical plant in the city of Xiamen, China.  The voices of the people were heard, but those voices will have to have names from now on.  City officials reacted after the internet was used to [...]

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While appearing on ABC’s This Week program on Sunday morning Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul formally announced that he had quadrupled his fundraising from the first quarter of the year.

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Their ears still ringing in the wake of the environmentally-friendly Live Earth global concert marathon, and reeling from the waves of new orders and carbon-neutral greenbacks pounding down upon them (the emphasis is on green here), Boeing technocrats are scrambling to explain to confused stockholders how it is that an American technology can suddenly be [...]

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By Shimon Z. Klein Prof. Shlomo Avineri wrote a rather thought provoking article on post–Zionism, equating it with anti-Zionism and non-recognition of Israel. He maintains that post-Zionism does not exist.  According to his article, the idea of post-Zionism “is a radical criticism not just of Israel’s policy; at its base is total denial of the [...]

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On page one we are asked the question “would you like to have 2 million dollars when you retire”? I can think of few people who would say no. He then goes on to explain that you don’t have to be rich to become rich. This I found an intriguing, although bizarre concept. In my [...]

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From The Gathering Storm Blog Shortly after the recent terrorist bombing attempts in London and Glasgow, the BBC printed some Muslim responses to the bomb attacks. It’s fascinating to see the their schizophrenic responses. ABEDA TELADIA, 24, TEACHER, ESSEX “There is never any justification for killing innocent human beings, yet myself and my husband suffer [...]

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This week Big Ideas For A Small Planet (Sundance Channel 9pm Tue July/10) explores some connections between spirituality and the eco-system. Three very diverse approaches are featured. We start with Reverent Fletcher Harper, who heads up ‘Green Faith’, an interdenominational group dedicated to bringing a sense of ecological stewardship into the religious world. In a [...]

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For months we’ve been hearing about how Bill Clinton will be the secret weapon in his wife’s bid for the presidency in 2008 – “the consigliere to the head of The Family,” as the International Herald Tribune put it. Yet there he was on July 2 in Davenport, Iowa, standing on a tractor trailer bed [...]

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Nicknames are prevalent with all people. Families dub their children with nicknames. Grandparents get the best titles among adults. However, it’s the celebrities who are most prone to receiving nicknames. Actors, singers, and sports players especially have been crowned with a wide variety of nicknames. By doing this, it helps to humanize these worshipped individuals [...]

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A few days ago, Pittsburgh Pirates CEO Kevin McClatchy announced that he will resign from his position at the end of the season. This decision now calls into question the futures of general manager Dave Littlefield and manager Jim Tracy. However, principal owner Bob Nutting has stated that their fates will not be decided upon [...]

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On Thursday, a farmer, Ram Kumar, was driving to his fields in Hyderabad, India in his tractor when he saw a human hand sticking out of the ground. After spotting the hand he uncovered a newborn baby girl buried in the soil. The baby was quickly rushed to a nearby hospital. She had never been [...]

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When college students live away from home, parents worry about them binge drinking or smoking marijuana. However, drugs that are increasing in popularity and even passing up alcohol and pot are prescription drugs. The most popular of these include Vicodin, Xanax, Valium, and Adderall. Between 1993 and 2005, a study showed that the number of [...]

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If your car was recently stolen, it might be a good idea to check out the listings on eBay, according to Dariusz Grabowski, a.k.a (also known as) as the “eBay king of stolen cars.” Rick Hepp at the Star-Ledger reports: Grabowski and his crew would buy junked or damaged vehicles at auctions and look for [...]

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[Back in the 19th century a reasonably liberal but none to bright pope called what has become known as the First Vatican Council: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Vatican_Council  Unhappily at that time Italy was going through the turmoil of replacing the old feudal order with democracy and Pio Nono panicked and at the same time the more liberal cardinals [...]

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[Wow! Ed Kent] http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/08/opinion/08sun1.html?pagewanted=1&th&emc=th Editorial The Road Home Published: July 8, 2007 It is time for the United States to leave Iraq, without any more delay than the Pentagon needs to organize an orderly exit. Like many Americans, we have put off that conclusion, waiting for a sign that President Bush was seriously trying to [...]

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The report below is yet an another instance of the deaths of civilians killed by us against which the belabored Afghan President Karsai is directing his frantic pleas. I also recommend an entirely depressing BBC on the scene (npr) detailed report on conditions in Afghanistan which are apparently completely out of control with corruption and [...]

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Some people were able to reach the Iranian Press website via the address that I posted yesterday.  I still cannot, but a friend sent on the following alternative: http://217.218.67.243/news.aspx  that works for me.  Interesting (and pretty essential) to know what the Iranians have in mind on a direct basis. Here are their reports today which [...]

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I haven’t been able to put my finger on it yet, but just give me a little more time. There is a connection here somewhere, people. There has to be. There is a connection here somewhere between this freaky Live Earth concert rally thing taking place on seven continents around Planet Earth today simultaneously-sort-of-right-now-as-we-speak and [...]

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I lived in England for a couple of years, and as my husband so Britishly puts it, life there “didn’t suit me.” It may have been an easier adjustment if we’d been in London … truly one of my favorite cities, and as much a city as a city must be to be interestingly livable [...]

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