Regulate Human migration? Is it proper a community restricts access to its resources? "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled mass...

The Poet snatches time As focus, appreciation, reverie... Give way to work, cleaning, grooming, social camaraderie, family affairs The Poet ...

Korea and Kuwait were occupied nations that regained independence. But the Korean and Kuwaiti people do little for those nations & peopl...

A Boston store was accused of "price gouging" for pricing a case of water at $16. We normally would say, "so what?" - if...

The USA "Tea Party" movement against wasteful big government is gaining momentum. But a key problem is that many don't recogni...

Great Satan makes war Indefinite detention Without charge or trial ------------------------------ Today I noticed Hundreds of joys in living...

The British Iraq Inquiry chaired by Sir John Chilcot has been generating revisionist arguments over the invasion of Iraq. Some people now c...

When U.S. President Barack Obama grabbed his Nobel Peace Prize last month, he attempted to justify U.S. involvement in its wars. He spoke di...

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 ...