Would you be well-informed if all your nutritional news & background information were supplied by McDonalds fast-food franchises? An i...

I had some envy for Barack Obama. He's younger than I am, and he is The President of the United States. I've a far simpler life. Y...

Palestine leader Mahmoud Abbas raised havoc this week at the United Nations in seeking statehood for his people. But efforts for Palestine w...

Why should a handful of nations enjoy non-elected membership in the United Nations Security Council? It is wrong. Ten elected members mus...

The new US President-Elect appoints former Pres. Barack Obama as White House Spokesperson for the upcoming administration. "Over the ...

The US Republican Party rallying cry has become "American Exceptionalism" - a fine & noble sentiment, stirring patriotic passi...

Can U.S. President Obama be reelected? He's betrayed the hopes of most who voted for him. Obama has been a bureaucratic tool of Washingt...

Are we to demonize all non-Jewish people? Most people of Palestine are peaceful & law-abiding. But political leaders of the USA & Is...

"If he were allowed contact with foreigners he would discover that they are creatures similar to himself and that most of what he has b...

U.S. House Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) should return to driving the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile (a task he did after his Social Securit...

America's unprecedented Public Private Partnership is in full glory - from the vaults of mega banking firms to the shores of Tripoli... ...

We can construct a society where all enjoy balanced life. There's no shortage of work to do... Don't give up worker pride to e...

Believing that God supports you is empowering... but it's also led to horrible cruelty, theft & murder. Nothing stopped U.S. settl...

Reports of atrocities by the (now seemingly former) Libyan government leader are perplexing. Quadaffi is blamed in most reports for many t...

Most people swept up in warfare would avoid brutality & violence. They're pressed to participate, under threat, to support one or an...

Greece has overextended itself. As the Greek government is unable to easily repay assorted (mainly private) lenders, pressure has developed ...

Interfering foreigners are creating a new regime in Libya. We should hope it will be an improvement on the last government, but positive sig...

Violence & looting are wrong. The looting now overtaking the UK is a black eye for every community. But serious looting of far larger...

The United States of America suffered a sovereign credit downgrade last Friday by rating agency Standard & Poor's. Media's now...

A great title to criticize cosmetics firms. But my target is finance. Listen to the stupid pronouncements of market analysts & financi...

I protest against war and the military industries as socially brutalizing, monetarily costly, and personally repugnant. I'm also opposed...

Bully methodology has taken root in the administration of many institutions. When local government, schools, banks, the airlines & the t...

Hundreds of America's millionaire politicians gather in Washington and decide:   ---   great wealth pays no new taxes   ---   less fun...

Many highly talented people are never attracted to government service. Government downsizing demoralizes & leads to personnel cutbacks...

I'm willing to believe Fukushima's engineers & scientists are doing everything possible to fix or limit problems at the stricken...

A smarmy weasel in Norway murdered some 77 people, mostly teenagers a generation younger than the killer. The dead were not directly known t...

Today is New York's first day allowing same gender couples to marry.     Congratulations ! From today's New York Times : "New...

Rupert Murdoch has positioned himself and his companies in a key nexus of power. Information is essential for democracy to function, and Mur...

Community is undermined by the incidents described below. It's painful to examine the assorted legal & ethical problems of Mrs. Gina...