Americas Problems Foreign and Domestic – The Combined Speeds Factor
Anyone who is familiar with Einstein’s theory of relativity knows about the combined speeds factor. National behavior and foreign responses are on a collision course. What does that mean?If an automobile is approaching another car and both cars are...

Network Against Coup D'etat in Thailand and the Rural Poor Dilemma
I’ve been told I can no longer write about the coup for various magazines in Thailand. As frustrating as this is, I understand the position editors are in.I don’t want to talk excessively about the coup and the Constitution, but there are still some...

Sigmund Freud's Nephew and Corporate Alien Control
His name was Edward L. Bernays. He was Sigmund Freud's Nephew. He was born in Vienna on November 22, 1891 and died in his home at Cambridge, Massachusetts on March 9, 1995 at the age of 103.Before the early twentieth century, marketers thought of...

Won't Medicare Pay for Our Long Term Care?
Fact: Medicare is NOT DESIGNED to cover long term care. It was designed primarily to help with 'short term' rehabilitation."How much WILL the government actually pay?"Medicare does not pay for long term care expenses. Medicare does cover some...

Feisty Candidates Spar for Vote
Accusations, finger pointing and mudslinging would be welcome gestures compared to the new lows two rival candidates have stooped to this election year.The pair are on the campaign trail desperately pulling out all stops to secure your vote and...

Continuing to Protect Our Nation’s Waters
Is our nation’s water as clean as we would like to believe it is? The Clean Water Act was enacted in 1972 to prevent the discharge of pollutants in surface waters throughout the country. According to the Sierra Club, approximately 70% of the...

Hillary, Republicans and Oprah Oh My!
It may look bleak for Republicans in the 2006 election, but the prospect of a Hillary Clinton presidency in 2008 will once again motivate Republican voters to get out the vote. Many will call it the most important election of our time and with good...

Being Reminded that We're All Simply Americans
As I sat, remembering the pain, anger, loss, grief, patriotism, and unity that 9/11 caused, I can't help but also think about the controversy that New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin's comment caused a couple of weeks ago. The hoopla began the Thursday...

Don't Mess with Texas. Or Some Parts of Texas, At Least.
I was lucky enough to be evacuated by family, escaping Lake Ponchatrain's water before it flooded into the city. If not, then I fear I might've ended up bused, or flown, to Texas. Out of all the many other cities and states that displaced New...

Navy Seal dies the hero’s death in Iraq
It may surprise you to learn that during the entire Iraq war and post war engagement period, only two of the elite Navy Seals have paid the ultimate price of service. I remember when the Navy created these magnificent combat units during the Viet...

Navy Seal Dies The Hero's Death In Iraq
It may surprise you to learn that during the entire Iraq war and post war engagement period, only two of the elite Navy Seals have paid the ultimate price of service. I remember when the Navy created these magnificent combat units during the Viet...

English Will Always Be The Language Of The U.S.
Our citizens who think English will disappear in our own country are worrying over nothing. People who want to pass laws making it our "official language" are wasting time and effort. I read recently that someone called the United States a "language...

Cory Lidle - What Really Happened and Why?
Cory Lidle and Tyler Stanger, his flight instructor crashed into a high rise apartment building this week. What does his death teach us about good solid decision making in our own lives. First of all, accidents resulting in death in private plane...

Individuals versus Collectivists: Differences In Attitude Between Russ..
According to Lynn Visson's "Wedded Strangers" :“Russians have a collective spirit. Americans are individuals. For Americans, individualism has a positive connotation. For Russians, it has a negative connotation.”“Russians are raised to expect a life...

Russians Live Lives of Interdependence
Most Russians live in small flats in large apartment buildings. Apartments are scarce and usually there are two to three generations living together.Single people live with their parents and even married couples may live with one spouse’s family due...

The Thirty-Two Teeth Smile
Russians make fun of Americans because they smile all the time. Americans flash a smile for strangers with all thirty-two teeth showing.Russians do not overuse smiling as a way to meet the outside world. Daily life in Russia is difficult. Even small...

Dalai Lama To Receive Congressional Gold Medal
The Dalai Lama will be receiving the nation’s highest civilian award, the Congressional Gold Medal, within the next six months. The recent legislation introduced by Senators Thomas (R-Wyo.) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) in early 2006 passed...

President Bush – Contrasting The Decision Making Skills Of JFK and Geo..
Presidents of the United States can only make decisions based on the information they are getting from the people and other sources that are available to them. Different Presidents obtain that data flow in different ways. This is particularly...

Is There A Difference In The Values Of The Two Major Parties
Every time we turn on the news we here questions ask like, “In the wake of the Foley Scandal can the Republicans really call themselves the party of values. In realm of political power you do not judge the values of a party based on what one person...

The Bitch and the Emperor's New Clothes!
Well Darlings,In the age of the Emperor's new clothes the child has finally spoken up. From out of the thronging masses of people, all eager not to look stupid in front of their neighbours, the words we needed to hear have at last rung out: "But he...

Youtube - The Left Wing Lapdog Of The Internet
Conservative web users argue that their views are being suppressed on youtube. Even heavyweights like Republican Hollywood filmmaker David Zucker can be censored.A short film by Zucker, who worked with "Scary Movie 4," "Airplane!" and other...

America's Goliath, IRS code sec 501(c)(3)?
Has anyone noticed all the hoopla recently about the non profit status of the church? Many have become concerned. It seems that ministers have not read this code. The censorship in this code, is in regard to election campaigns. During election...

North Korea – Yes, You Have Our Attention
North Korea has tested a low yield nuclear device with 4% of the destructive power of the bomb that the United States dropped on Hiroshima, Japan at the end of World War II.Some believe that the device was much larger but may have failed for...

Iraqi-Americans: Not In My Neighborhood!
Today’s global culture expresses its broad identity with the inexhaustible use of images, print media and a virtual connection to its citizens, spun country by country. Un-spinning spin is a citizen’s route to truth. But it takes uncommon energy and...

Live from New York’s U.N. Theatre – The Devil and the Dancing Dictator..
As if the UN did not already have a mountain of failures to live down, along comes the two of the worlds most P.T. Barnum like dictators complete with misinformation, ranting and name calling. Diplomacy and civilized discourse itself has been...