Many who read the title to this article might think that the second most controversial topic in America today is whether the United States should continue its war in Iraq. Those who thought that would be, in fact, dead wrong.This article is really about facts, not about our involvement in trying to make Iraq and its people adopt a democratic society, but to revisit the place God occupies in our public institutions and in our society.Oliver...more
Why does al Qaeda (translated "the base') want to destroy us, and why can't we find its leaders?They hate us for a number of reasons. First and most compelling is that, to Muslims, those of us who aren't subscribers to Islamic beliefs and laws are considered infidels to al Qaeda. Infidels are worthy only of death unless we convert to Islam. Second, rewind to 1948. Israel is reborn in Palestine. The U.S. quickly backs the infant state and feeds...more
The man whom the people elected in 2000 to be president was in the temporary residence of the man whom the Supreme Court anointed.President George W. Bush hosted former Vice-President Al Gore, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, and five other Nobel laureates, Nov. 26. This annual handshake photo-op has been an American tradition.The Nobel committee had cited Gore, Oct. 12 , as "probably the single individual who has done most to create greater worldwide understanding of the measures that need to be adopted" to reduce global warming. Gore shared the Nobel Peace Prize with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a UN network of about 2,000 scientists, who have shown that global warming isn't a liberal conspiracy theory. Believing that it is some kind of liberal conspiracy theory are the fringe right-wing who dominate Talk Radio and Pundit TV. The day after the announcement, Steve Doocy, co-anchor of FOX's morning show, set the tone for the rabid-dog attacks. He produced a chart of past Nobel Peace Prize laureates, including "that crazy Jimmy Carter," and claimed the award is nothing more than an "anti-Bush" trophy. On CNN, guest commentator Marlo Lewis, who was identified as a...more
Power, prominence and a bit of a rebellious nature thrown in -- Winston Churchill quotes are definitely some of the most interesting you'll ever come across. For someone who was said to have a speech impediment, his words and message definitely did not suffer. This month, as we celebrate his birthday, let's remember Sir Winston Churchill with these...more
The issues about global warming and the effects of global warming are continuously under debate. Somehow the debate has made its way into virtually every aspect of our lives. There is even thought that the issues about global warming are also applicable to the beliefs that other beings from other planets were forced to make themselves to Earth as...more
Yo!What a week it has been, hasn't it? Harold Wilson will be forever remembered telling us: "a week is a long time in politics", however with all the pettiness we have to suffer these days, it is fast becoming a long time for everyone in the UK regardless of their occupation. We are living in the slow motion of an occurring disaster.Consider: the angels in children's school Nativity plays may no longer have wings, mince pies have been banned at school Christmas fetes, pantomimes are having to be re-written into being unrecognisable and unfunny, there are calls for our National Anthem to be changed, an elderly grandmother is told off by a council workman for sweeping the leaves from her front doorstep, a young mother is fined £360 for not keeping her wheelie bin full of rubbish within her tiny (8 foot by 4 foot) backyard where under the window the smell becomes intolerable despite regular cleaning, the police were called to a shopping centre because someone felt the schoolchildren performing there were singing the Christmas carols too loudly, a butcher has been banned from chopping meat after a new neighbour complained to the council about the noise, and despite the country...more
I know it's been Oprah's big weekend foray into politics. But there's another story that's brewing. And its effect will probably eclipse Oprah very soon.I'm talking about Mike Huckabee. A friend asked me about him a couple of months ago. Not knowing...more
Released on Youtube and Googlevideo this week, FOOL ME TWICE, exposes the cover-up of the Bali bombings and provides evidence that it was a Falseflag Operation. The film begins by documenting the Australian government's prior knowledge of the...more
"I don't hate predators. If there weren't hawks in this country, those in other countries would show up here. Do not misinterpret "Hawk" to mean I approve of George W. Bush and Richard Cheney and their Hermann Goering protégés in the Pentagon. Bush...more
The United States of America used to pride itself on a reputation for diplomacy and integrity. The world's largest economy, land of the capitalist dream. Immigrants would flock to America looking for their chance in life, looking to make a go of it...more
Petitioning Government Just how does one go about petitioning one of the many obscure branches of government? Agencies discussed here mostly effect our lives in administering the laws of the land, are called "The Administrative Agencies". There are...more
America has become a confusing place for many people who are trying to decipher through the mess of politics that is inherent in a huge country that touts democracy. The Critical Review's (No. 1 Vol. 19) article Ignorance as a Starting Point: From...more