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Schappelle Corby – presumed innocent: Do I look like a criminal? Black Americans are very familiar with draconian prison sentences for minor drug offenses. But Australian Schapelle Corby could never have fathomed her fate when she decided to bring along a little home grown weed to keep her and her friends in a partying mood… Read more.
It is a glaring indictment of our shared humanity that rich countries revel in obscene wealth, while poor ones wallow in extreme poverty. Yet, for more than a half-century, people of conscience have pleaded to no avail for rich countries to help alleviate world poverty by redistributing a little of their wealth. Indeed, when the United… Read more.
Every morning Americans wake up to the same BREAKING NEWS from Iraq: Car bombs; pipeline explosions; assassinations of Iraqi government officials; more American soldiers and even more innocent Iraqis killed; US forces on yet another offensive against insurgent positions, etc. etc. Of course, breaking news is hardly ever good news. But where the rebuilding of… Read more.
As called for in a previous article on this sordid fairytale, prosecutors have secured indictments against runaway bride Jennifer Wilbanks for criminal deception against Georgia law enforcement authorities, resident volunteers and the entire nation: She was charged with one count of making false statements, a felony punishable by up to five years in prison, and… Read more.
Political storms brewing in the Far East: The escalating row between China and Japan, and the nuclear brinksmanship by North Korea are making the Far East more of a powder-keg than the Middle East! In what resembles the dangerous spectacle of kids playing with dynamite, China and Japan have resumed their Asian row over historical… Read more.
Republican Leader Bill Frist of Tennessee shakes hands with Democratic Leader Harry Reid of Nevada last night after some of their lieutenants patched together a compromise for the Parties to return to regular business in the US Senate…and wait to fight another day. Gun-shy Senators from the Republican and Democratic Parties (14 of them led,… Read more.
US First Lady Laura Bush should fire whoever thought it was a good idea to throw her into the lion’s den of Middle East politics. And, if that political nincompoop happens to be the President himself, then she should pull a Lysistrata on him until he goes blue…in the face! (Come to think of it,… Read more.
Today the African nation of Kenya is simmering with tension that threatens to erupt any moment into race riots that would make those following the Rodney King trial in Los Angeles seem relatively tame. This percolating racial unrest was ignited on Thursday when murder charges against Thomas Cholmondeley, 45, son of the 5th Baron Delamere… Read more.
It is a sad commentary on the state of world affairs that the political initiatives of a rock star or Hollywood actress are taken more seriously than those of a seasoned statesman. But that is the perverse reality when it comes to the global fight against HIV/AIDS and poverty throughout the developing world. Only this explains… Read more.
Where Michael Moore projected outright anti-Bush propaganda in his Fahrenheit 9/11, director George Lucas supposedly conveys subtle anti-Bush messages in this (final) Episode III of his Star Wars franchise. Nevertheless, both films prove that bashing Bush is good movie business! News and Politics Read more.
