Imagine you live in a lawless region - assorted bandits & warlords fight for control, and kill for the wealth & resources of your pe...

Bluster circulates in the U.S. Congress about health care. Industrial lobbyists work hard to develop proper reform - in other words, a new f...

Horrible Terrorists "seek to destroy our way of life." Bullshit. The enemy are sometimes military, sometimes criminals. Some are m...

Many functions of the U.S. military have been outsourced to private corporations. This trend is frightening in terms of accountability; what...

Flawed policy choices by the failed governments of George W. Bush and his predecessors continue to cripple the USA. Tens of thousands of Ame...

Imagine your heart has stopped. An EMT team arrives, hooks you to life support, then asks: What's your position on abortion? Should ille...

Swiss voters recently approved banning Islamic minarets: referendum support for the ban was 57.5%. I live very near a large Christian church...

The USA should disengage from Afghanistan & Iraq. We've imposed foreign troops serving distant politicians. We'll never bring st...

Twenty years ago when the Berlin Wall was broached, the end of the Cold War and German reunification were positive steps for humanity. Can w...

Boston University honors it's "distinguished alumnus" Bill O'Reilly: http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/10/23-7 The pro...

Last November the American people elected legislators pledging to end America's foreign wars. But the wars continue - while costs & ...

The U.S. administration of President Barack Obama, operating for about nine months, has failed in many key ways. Hope for Change (as promise...

It's 4AM in Seoul, and the hunt nears its end. For many nights now I've been a blood meal for hungry mosquito. How do they enter thi...

The Obama administration inherited a horrible mess of a bankrupt economy, a skeptical electorate, and unwinnable overseas wars. They've ...

Perceived injustice is the root of much conflict. Our world too often remains a dog-eat-dog battleground, a Social Darwinist killing field w...

At the end of last November, I traveled across the DMZ by bus into North Korea. Ours was the last public tour of Kaesong (Gaesong 개성); that...

Peace Month begins tomorrow: No food or drink, dawn to dusk, for 30 days. Suddenly every bite of anything tastes special, and I'm more a...

Should everything be politicized? Kids birthday parties? Medical care? Is celebrating Christmas anti-Semitic? I was a member of the Boy Scou...

Obama needs more help. Change is far too little, much too late. Huge funds were given to robber capitalists & overseas warfare. Let'...

No not Muldar... the Dark Side. The below firms & organizations reportedly advertise heavily on Fox News. Check details . In my opinion,...

I'm still sorely bothered by the U.S. Government's bailout of ailing banks. The federal government authorities should not have inter...

Talents and accomplishment may reside anywhere; multi-talented people employed in one field have hobbies, passions and a sense of curiosity ...

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is being discussed as a possible candidate for the first EU Council President. Assuming the Lisbon ...

U.S. President Barack Obama is a role model in many ways. It is great that many people are encouraged by his intelligence, his assorted skil...

The World Health Organization (WHO) recently signaled a global pandemic level 6 for novel influenza A (H1N1), a viral illness spread mainly ...

Goal oriented? Accomplishment is great, but... Also cherish path!

When I was a schoolboy, we learned about three branches of American government, auditing & balancing each other: Executive , Legislative...

The US economic stimulus package has been a failure. Both Bush & Obama's governments sought to prop-up a fundamentally rotted system...

Bernie Madoff has been sentenced to 150 years in prison. Much (some) stolen wealth has been recovered from his family. But Bernie took far m...

Is speculation true of active news suppression over the Chiasso bearer bond case? I'd like to taste good fortune! This post evaporates f...